Re: Surplus SRA stuff

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

I was after a station indicator board (the one with the clock and
destinations on it)

Speaking of surplus railway equipment reminds me when I was at
Westinghouse Brake at Concord West about 3 years ago. They had just taken
a large quantity of spares/parts for steam locos to the dump. The reason
why was to claim cutoms or tax  or something. Although they have alot of
very old drawings which they sell to US rail groups as Westinghouse USA
threw out all their old drawings.

Chris

robson wrote:

> chris@enet21.com.au wrote:
> >
> > Does the SRA have a outlet/contact for surplus railway
> > equipment? I remember the Railway Shop (closed) and Off
> > The Rails (closed?).
>
> Surplus railway equipment is far too often taken to the local tip and
> dumped. A lot is brand new reusable stuff.
>
> Unfortunately there has also been recent reports of historic railway
> paper items being shredded, despite the existance of the State Records
> Act 1998. [ http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/about/act.htm ].
>
> Council tips have a contractor that has salvage rights to the dump, so
> it may be worth approaching them to keep an eye out for any items you
> are looking for.