Re: Siege Mentality? (was Re: RTM 19th Century Treasures)

["Chris" <chrisc@fl.net.au>]

Which items are owned by K. Jones? The earliest purchases would be loco
number 3 and the 0-8-2 and some other J&AB and SMR stuff. Are the ROD's and
any govt locos owned by Mr Jones?
When do they plan to put some of the more historic items in the collection
(like number 3) under cover?

"Trevor Edmonds" <trevor_edmonds@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> Chris wrote...
>
> > Has anybody on this newsgroup has properly explained the CURRENT
ownership
> > structure up there.
>
> I have mentioned some details in various postings. It depends when a piece
> of rolling stock was purchased. Ownership is currently a mix of Keith
Jones,
> Keith Jones as trustee for the unincorporated version of DSRM, Fenit
> Holdings and DSRM Ltd. This is not an issue within DSRM, it only seems to
be
> of concern to outsiders. The trust will eventually take ownership of all
the
> rolling stock.
>
> > If it is all owned by Casey Jones how did he manage to
> > collect all that stuff on a railway employees wage?
>
> Only a few items purchased very early on are personally owned by Keith.
Many
> people have put money into it.
>
> > I don't think organisations like the Electricity Commission of NSW would
> > have donated locos if they had known it was some individuals private
> project
>
> It is not an individuals private project. The Electricity Commission locos
> were donated to the old unincorported version of DSRM. Keith merely acts
as
> trustee for the group.
>
> > IF (and I don't think it is) it is true I bet they want to mount the
> > Centurion tank on top of a bogie flat wagon.
>
> Thats exactly where it is going.
>
> > If they do that they will also get a bloodhound missile to go on top of
> another flat wagon.
>
> That suggestion has not been canvassed yet. Did it ever actually happen?
Do
> you have photos?
>
> > Strange though as model train manufactures such as Hornby and Traing in
> the 1960's  used to
> > sell scale models of these. Maybe the idea came from model train
> catalogue.
>
> No, we got the idea from the fact that the railways moved Centurions by
> rail.
>
> > I don't think the Australian army used to move Centurion tanks around by
> > rail alot. They may have tried it a couple of times, but road transport
> > would have been more flexible (especially for a centurion tank due to
its
> > weight)
>
> The Army preferred to move them by rail. They even built wagons (the TE
> class) for the prupose. Since we announced we are going to try to purchase
a
> tank, an army tank instructor has provided us a lot of detail on how this
> was done (together with a sizable cash contribution).
>
>
> Trevor
>
>