Re: DSRM is an absolute joke

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

Steve Zvillis wrote:
> 
> > The DSRM claims to have the largest collection in the southern
> > hemisphere, yet it is one of the least successful groups in Australia.
> 
> If your sole definition of "success" is running trains - maybe so, but in
> the field of "preservation" [as in "preservation group"] the D.S.R.M. has
> been remarkably successful against massive odds.
> 

They aren't successful because the rolling stock is out in the open and
it is recieving only basic preventative maintenence. No matter how you
"weather proof" something, water will always find a way in. If they were
more selective about what they collected and didn't go for extravagant
things like the 46 or collecting 33 end platform cars, they would be in
a much better position now.

> > Most groups in Australia are at least able to operate some form of
> > train, even if they are only ganger's trolleys.
> 
> So what?
> 

It shows that they are at least getting somewhere. Dorrigo hasn't
achieved anything other than collecting without any real thought.

> > What does this say about
> > the viability of the direction that the DSRM have chosen to follow?
> 
> Absolutely nothing.
> 

How can you say that the DSRM is viable when they don't have a source of
income other than donations? At least the groups operating ganger's
trollies have some level of income from the general public.

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- James Brook -

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