Re: Pendennis Castle

["John Hudson" <huddo@bigpond.net.au>]

Why? Haven't we got enough of our own locos crying out for restoration
before they rust away? Let her go back to be with her own kind, where there
is the expertise to maintain her rather than stay here where she'd only be a
curiosity, to be put in the "too hard" basket and abandoned on a back road
somewhere as soon as something major needed to be done....
Regards,
John Hudson
Brisbane, Australia


"Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au> wrote in message
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> I would be happy to participate in making representations to the
appropriate
> authorities to have a ban placed on exporting this loco.  Why did they not
> offer it to an Australian outfit first.  Lets stop this NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
> Cheers
> Rod Gayford
>
> "David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au> wrote in message
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> > <bf0017@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > Mmmmm,
> > >
> > > Time to put Pendennis Castle onto the Australian "Moveable Heritage"
> > > List, just like the Me-109G about 12 years ago.
> > >
> > > Brett
> > >
> > >
> >
> > What's the point?  It isn't part of Australian history, why have it
> sitting
> > in a remote part of Australia, where virtually no-one can access it, and
> it
> > can't be operated.  If it went back to Britain it could be preserved and
> > cherished for its significant heritage value.
> >
> > Just like the Melbourne W class trams gathering dust in the huge sheds
at
> > Newport, with their ban on export.  Totally pointless, they could be
> > restored and run overseas where there is a demand for them, rather than
> > mouldering away.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David Bennetts
> > Canberra
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>