Re: 8244 not a write off

["David Proctor" <daproc@bigfoot.com>]

Peter Neve <nswsrca@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
<34a233c1.3953611@news.ozemail.com.au>...
> On 21 Dec 1997 06:11:51 GMT, "David Proctor" <daproc@bigfoot.com>
> wrote:
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> >Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au> wrote in article
> ><349C7F56.EC9091D3@fastlink.com.au>...
> >> The info in December Digest sugesting that 8244 was a write off after
> >> the Delec crash in 96 is wrong.
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> >This seem to be a problem with Railway Digest of late - Derek has to
rely
> >on people giving him information, but he should be able to check as to
> >whether or not something like a locomotive being written off has
occurred.
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> HOW???

Someone in Derek's JOB (and he is being paid to do it!) has contacts all
over the place in State Rail and FreightCorp - he should check with them.
It is a basic principle of journalism - I am presuming here that Derek IS a
journalist! The people who employ Derek (us - ARHS members) have a right to
expect that information contained in Digest has at least had a rudimentary
check as to its accuracy. Several months ago, he published that one
Thursday, WL-2 went through Pendle Hill, then a couple of coalies, then
WL34 - on a Thursday? A basic check of the public timetable would have
revealed this to be wrong, and a check with CountryLink would have revealed
if there was a special timetable that week!

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> Pete.
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