Re: 8001
tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au)
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 16:51:26 +1000
Bob wrote in message <35210E3A.1D9D39B1@fastlink.com.au>...
>8001 was one of the two 80s that were damaged at Acacia Ridge by NRC.
>The other is 8002 and is still up there. They now say that it will be
>scrapped on site as it is not possible to return it to Sydney by rail.
>In fact the return of 8001 was a bit of a dodgey affair as it was towed
>on the end of an NRC train. The SRA breakdown gang tell me that this is
>not an acceptable practice for the SRA
Not without someone manning the 26L.
> however they had no say over NRC
>and they way they went about recovering it. I also hear that the
>souvenir hunters are having fun on 8002.
>Bob
>