Re: [NSW] Dorrigo (was: 6042 in south australia?)

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

Just out of interest, is Dorrigo within day trip distance of Brisbane?

James Brook wrote:

> You are right that I have never visited Dorrigo. It has been on TV a number of
> times and I have seen reports about it over the years in a number of railway
> magazines. I hope you succesfully manage to conserve and eventually restore your
> collection. But with such a large collection to preserve, you need a large
> amount of resources to do it properly. In addition to all this Dorrigo's
> reputation isn't very good, so I don't know how you will manage to get enough
> volunteers when you aren't showing any significant signs of progress to the
> general railfan community. In Railway Digest and other magazines we keep reading
> about locos and rollingstock being purchased by Dorrigo, but we never hear of
> any restoration of these items.
>
> Trevor Edmonds wrote:
>
> > James Brook wrote...
> >
> > >If Dorrigo put some money into their existing collection instead of buying
> > new
> > >things to add to the rust pile, they might actually get somewhere.
> >
> > Spoken with the gravity and conviction that only total ignorance can bestow.
> >
> > We have spent countless thousands of dollars and hours on conservation of
> > our rolling stock. Nearly every piece of rolling stock in Dorrigo yard has a
> > new Orminoid roof, fresh Solarguard paint and is weatherproofed. The
> > locomotives are regularly black oiled and are showing no signs of
> > significant deterioration.
> >
> > You have obviously never had a good look.
>
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