Re: What happened to the 73 class locos.

[matthew@sleeper.apana.org.au (Matthew Geier)]

Robert Harris <bob@fastlink.com.au> writes:

>I was watching 7301 at Meeks road the other day whilst waiting for a
>signal to clear, and it prompted me to ask: "What happened to all of the
>73 class locos?"

 I saw about 10 stored at Parkes loco a few years ago, all had their
cardan-shafts oxyed through and tied up. Instead of being unbolted
and tied out of the way like they were supposed to be.
 The last of the Parkes fitters expected them to be purchased by scappies
after the engines and the bodies to be cut up.

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