Re: NSW Carraiges at Toombul Qld

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

Would these have been the carriages I saw at Robb Jetty in W.A. back in
about 1992? I did write all the numbers down then but I probably couldn't
find it now.
Regards,
-- 
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au   

Any opinions are all my own work.

Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au> wrote in article
<350C97DF.E75DBC23@fastlink.com.au>...
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> 
> Greg Olson-Hyde wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > Does anyone know the status of the old candy and tuscan NSW
> > Carriages in a fenced off section of the car park next to
> > the Toombul shopping centre in Qld?
> >
> > It looks as though they are being restored for...?
> 
> At last! We saw the cars heading north and at that stage no one had any
> idea what was going on. I now understand that several cars have been
> purchased in connection with a proposed restaurant complex to be built
> somewhere in Qld. I understand that these were cars that went to Perth
> behind Flying Scotsman in 1989 and never came back. Apparently they were
> sold to Ian Willis but were never used. They have now passed ownership
> to someone up North for the restaurant proposal. Apparently the cost of
> railing them across the country was too much and as such they have gone
> by road. Can someone have a close look at them and post the actual car
> numbers to this group so to confirm this story.
> Cheers
> Bob
> 
>