Re: How many NR locos are now written of?

[festy@terrigal.net.au]

In article <71epul$kj7$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  gioia9499@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> In article <71e3li$q46$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
>   festy@terrigal.net.au wrote:
> > In article <3639629f.5404615@news.bigpond.com>,
> >   gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com.au wrote:
> > > As for NR 41 i havent seen that one.That got smashed at Brisbane i
> > > think!!
> > > regards Paul Johnston (NRC MELBOURNE)
> > >
> >
> > NR41 is still within the confines of the Broadmeadow plant still sitting on
> > blocks sans bogies. It has been like this for well over 10 months. It and
> > NR47 collided with 8001 at Acacia Ridge in October 1997. 8001 was of course
> > written off and now resides at the front of the "scrapline" at DELEC.  On a
> > slight different note, 8002 suffered a similar fate from a collision  at
> > Acacia ridge approx 18 months ago, if not more. It is still (as of 2 weeks
> > ago) in residence at Acacia Ridge. I have on idea what's going on with this
> > unit, but I bet they have forgotten about it.
>
>  It hasn't been forgotten about but it won't ever move by rail again. As such
> it's fate has been decided as being cut up on site. The question of when and
> by who remains outstanding.
>
> Cheers
> Bob
>
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Bob is referring to 8002 in Brisbane, I hope !!!!!
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