Re: Dorrigo

["Gregory D. Young" <greggy@acay.com.au>]

Eddie Oliver wrote in message <368B6EAF.191E@efs.mq.edu.au>...
>In all this discussion (if that's the polite word) about Dorrigo, Keith
>Jones etc., one vital point seems not to have been mentioned yet:
>
>How is it proposed to restore the line to trafficable condition?
>Even if there are locomotives and items of rolling stock in fit
>condition to run (and I don't want to enter that debate), they need
>something to run on.
>
>Running over 20-foot-high trees, over rails not effectively spiked to
>whatever rotten wood still remains as a relic of sleepers, and over
>washaways, subsidences etc., is a difficult challenge for any
>locomotives and rolling stock, even if they've been magnificently
>maintained and restored.
>
>Is it proposed to bring out the whole of the Australian Army to fix the
>line? Or is there a collection of retired fettlers from all over
>Australia just ready and waiting to get back into practice? Or what?
>
>Of course I wish them the best of luck. I have always said that the
>Dorrigo line was the most beautiful in the whole of NSW.
>
>Eddie Oliver
G'day Eddie,
    IThe restoration of the line is totally contingent upon the support of
the members. It will be fettled and rehabilitated again once the settlement
is in place. It just taes work and people committed to do it. We have a
large broad supportive base of members who will be and are prepared to
support it. Really te only monetary constraints is/are having enough money
to buy sleepers and ensuring materials are in place when needed.
Cheers
Greg Young