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

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

they had a nickname for his running of the railways....Phil's something
something. Forgot what it was!


"Graham Smith" <dysonsmith@idx.com.au> wrote in message
39d6d1d9@news1.idx.com.au">news:39d6d1d9@news1.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 rechauff?<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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