Re: 4204 too heavy

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

What is 1059? (a steam crane?)
That 32 has been in pieces for years.
3013 is also in pieces.
5917 - under private ownership,  maybe the cost of maintainence is too high
for its owners, or are they waiting for the right price to sell?
I don't  know about 3026 (still under repair?)
Restoring one steam loco is an expensive task, wouldn't it be better to get
the 32  or 30T going first and reassemble the others as a static exhibits.
than dividing all of their resources between many restoration projects?

It is not silly criticism, but constructive criticism.

Chris
"Stephen Tolhurst" <stephen@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
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> "Chris" <chrisc@fl.net.au> writes:
>
> >By how much do they subsidise the museum operation? It couldn't be much
as
> >the LVR have only one going steam loco, plus at least 2 (32 and 30) in
> >various stages of dismemberment . Or does the money go on "heritage"
> >diesels?
>
> >Chris
> Wrong.  5367 and 1059 are both steamable.  I visited LVR earlier this year
> on a "not officialy open" day and was impressed with the number of members
> who were there working on equipment.  The constant criticism of
preservation
> groups in this forum is silly.  Most museum workers are volanteers, why
> shouldn't they work on the exhibits that interest them the most.  The
> availability of skills and spares of course is also a factor.
>
> The fact that 1059 has been restored shows that money does not drive these
> groups.  You can't haul freight or passengers with 1059 (not faster than
> you could walk anyway).
>
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