Re: What happened to the 73 class locos.

[Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au>]

Matthew Geier wrote:

> 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.

   No. All these were sold to CSR  Qld for conversion to 2ft gauge. I
have a full list of all disposals here somewhere, soon as I find it I
will post it to this group.

Bob