Re: What happened to the 73 class locos.

["tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au>]

Good riddance to another rubbish loco. Totally useless for trip train work
or shunting Manildra in Clyde Down Yard.

Bob wrote in message <34A18F8E.C4CE9A3C@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
>