Re: [NSW] trainpage update: newly repainted blue & white car

["Graham Smith" <dysonsmith@idx.com.au>]

Heaven preserve us from reminders of Philip Shirley and his minions. That
was the beginning of the decline of NSW railways in many ways. The man was a
drunkard and a fool when it came to operating railways, and we were well rid
of him when he went!

GS

trendy rechauffé <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au> wrote in message
news:oOjB5.13614$O7.184890@ozemail.com.au...
> trendy's trainpage at: www.geocities.com/trendy_rechauffe has just been
> updated with photos of one of State Rail's preserved single-deckers
(C3444),
> which  has just been repainted in the blue and white colour scheme that it
> ran in during the 1970s.
>
> Photos of this car taken in May and September at Redfern Carriage works,
> show how it looked before, during and after the repaint.
>
> The car is unlikely to run again as it is in very poor condition, however
> Historic Electric Traction (who repainted this car for State Rail) is
likely
> to repaint another car for use on tours.
>
> The Sydney Electric Train Society also has plans to repaint one of their
> cars in blue and white. Hopefully they will have some of their carriages
> running again in the near future.
>
> Both organisations are at the Liverpool model railway exhibition this long
> weekend, where they can be contacted for further information.
>
> bye tr
>
> trendy's trainpage:
> www.geocities.com/trendy_rechauffe
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