Re: Pendennis Castle swap for tasman garret k1

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

chris@enet21.com.au wrote:

> Since when have the Poms shown us any goodwill...From dropping nuclear bombs in South
> Australia  in the 50's to their trade restrictions on australian goods. Go to the UK
> and you get treated at the airport like you are from  a 3rd world country. The Poms
> don't give a dam for us. All I was saying that  a  poor  austrailan rail preservation
> group (one maybe in west australia) might benefit from some sort of "swap" or proceeds
> from a sale so it  will have the funds to restore one of their rusting exhibits. The
> loco would have to be worth at least $100 grand. Sell it to the highest bidder.

A swap wouldn't achieve much because we would still have a foreign loco that has no
historical significance to Australia. Hammersley Iron should make sure that the loco goes
to someone who will look after it properly, ie: the UK. If you sell it to the highest
bidder it probably wouldn't go to a group that would look after it properly.

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- James Brook -

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