Re: Surplus SRA stuff

["Eric Cartman" <erk_cartman@yahoo.com>]

Chris

I also was in the market for a rollover indicator board. When OTR was open,
they were selling renovated boards (repainted etc on site) for around $950.
You may pick an unrenovated one cheaper (complete with added destinations by
station staff in texta?).

btw, I had a look at the OTR website http://www.otr.com.au  which is still
online (last updated 1/12/1999). It suggests that the company will be online
soon (how soon is anyone's guess).


Eric
http://www.erk.au.com
<chris@enet21.com.au> wrote in message
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| 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.
|