Re: DSRM is ....

["Rjaygee" <dartmouthmotel@bigpond.com>]

I am not sure of the legality of this arrangement.  Why did not the RTM get
off its back side and recover the bits from Clyde?  Did it have the legal
ownership to agree to this.  Why cannot the State Govt demand the loco back
from Dorrigo? And why has the rest of 3813 been given to Dorrigo scrap yard?
I know there was some plan for the Museum of Technology and basket weaving
to section 3830 and somehow the boiler of 3813 ended up at Castle Hill but
3830 was restored and on and on.  My view is that there should be an
official rail museum at Alston Sidings and the NSW Govt should claim back
the most historically significant locos and rolling stock.   without public
money the bigger rail museums are not viable.

Cheers
Rod Gayford

"Trevor Edmonds" <trevor_edmonds@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> Chris wrote..
>
> > How does the RTM donate 3813 when it is not theirs?
>
> 3813 was dismantled for an overhaul, which was cancelled, and the loco was
> ordered to be scrapped. It was then given to the RTM. The little bits were
> placed in S trucks which ended up at Thirlmere. The big bits (boiler,
frame,
> tender tank and tender frame) were at Clyde. There was a sudden need to
> clear the big bits from Chullora, but RTM were not in a position to take
> them. They were offered to DSRM by RTM on the basis of immediate removal.
>
> Trevor
>
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