Re: Pendennis Castle Hamersley Iron rail acess versus eveybody

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

hi,

If you want light reading about the court judgement Hamersley Iron verus just
about everybody in iron ore business over rail acess just follow the link

http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/cases/cth/federal%5fct/1999/867.html?query=%7e+hamersley+iron

Chris


Ed wrote:

> We should remember that 4079 is not just any UK steam locomotive...
> It is historically significant because it was involved in the famous 1925
> interchange trails, when selected engines from each of the 'big four' UK
> railway companies were put to work on competing company's routes.  A lot of
> scientific testing was done at the time.  Pendennis Castle worked from Kings
> Cross to the north on LNER tracks... competing with the locomotives of the
> A3 (Flying Scotsman) class. I think this is why it was preserved in the
> first place.
>
> BTW - Didcot is one of the best railway museums in the world, in my humble
> opinion.  I can't think of a better place for this historic machine.
>
> Regards
> Ed