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["Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

Morning all,
Richmond Vale, 3801 and (I presume) the Zig Zag, and other steam operators,
can't operate their steam locos during total fire bans.  So in the olden
days, when steam locos were the only motive power around much of the state,
how did they operate the railways across summer, especially under TFBs?  I
ask as a firefighter who's been to a few fires started by Richmond Vale's
engines, nothing serious, and as someone with a bit of an interest in
trains.

Thanks
Al