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Re: 5917

Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au> wrote in aus.rail:

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>Darren Yates wrote:
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>> How could they let it get so run down?
>> Is it privately owned or own by the LVR?
>> Darren.
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>5917 is privately owned and the main person behind it died some years ago.
>Since then almost nothing has happened to it as the owners dont want to spend
>any money on it and they LVR won't spend money on something they don't own
>when they could be spending it on something that they do own. Somewhat of a
>Mexican stand off.

Aww gee, I dunno 'bout that. Us Victorian aren't real innerested in
5917.

Can we cunvert it 't broad gauge? SGR might be innerested innit as a
curiosity thingy. Ain't that right, David? Will it fit a 53 foot
turntable?

Les (Duh) Brown