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Re: Not the good ole days



I have a home movie of a Garratt laying on its side at Clyde Street road
crossing in Newcastle taken about 1953/4. It went through a set of
Jackpoints.
Fred Morley

"Peter Homann" <"peter.homann"@@prr.org.au> wrote in message
news:9cb1ed$ldp@nntpb.cb.lucent.com...
> RT wrote:
> >
> >
> > So whip me, beat me!   I was too lazy to look it up and it's too long
> > since I've seen it in print :-)
> >
> > (Lovely big engines tho - even if they do get their name incorrectly
> > spelt...  Think the first one I saw was at Curlewis)
>
> Consider yourself well and truly aus.railed!
>
> Seriously, I envy those who have seen a Garratt working. The only
> Garratts I have seen in operation (and driven) are 5" gauge models,
> which are good fun anyway.
> --
> ============================
>  Peter Homann
> ============================
> The light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off
> until economic conditions improve.  Management.