Re: RTM Comet

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@NOSPAMbhp.com>]

"Matthew Geier" <matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
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> In article <54QF6.11773$482.56528@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>,
> >"Peter Jones" <pmj5@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> >> I was at the Rail Transport Museum today (Thirlmere) When I found a
very
> >> interesting Set it was a Silver City Comet (104). The good thing that
was
> >I
> >> found one and the bad news was it's condition it had about 5 carriages
and
> >> one in a Candy Livery the condition was awlful It is still in working
> >oreder
> >> but will probably never be used again :-(. It really needs a good work
job
> >> on it. Hopefully I will see it out and about again one day :-). It s a
> >good
> >> day at the museum.
>
>  The set was stored at Paterson at the Rail Motor Society for a number of
> years, unfortunatly Paterson didn't have a shed when it first arrived.
They
> were going to operate it. Then Cowan happened. All society trains off the
> rails. Then the new regs that were eventualy applied meant that the Comet
> couldn't run with out 'crash bars' and the Rail Motor Society's first aim
> was to get their CPH's modified to run again. (The Commet set trailers are
> light aluminum. As far as the crash regs are concerned they are wooden
bodied
> cars).
>
>  Unfortunatly that mean the 2 Comet sets got neglected. They originaly had
> Dorrigo's set as well. The 2 sets were to have been operated as one by the
> RMS.
>
>  Eventualy it was realised that the RMS wasn't in the position to ever run
> them, so first the Dorrigo set left, then the RTM set. The RTM in its
usual
> fashion, took years to raise the money needed to road freight them back to
> Thirmere. It appears road freighting old rolling stock around is cheaper
than
> getting the railways to move them...
>
<snip>

The RTM Comet set was moved by rail. I've seen a photo somewhere of it
passing through Fassifern, hauled by 4520. It was probably the DSR&M set
that went by road as they can't get to Dorrigo by rail.
--
Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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