Re: Cockatoo Run to Continue?

["Darren Yates" <dyates@pnc.com.au>]

Me thinks 3801 Ltd got taken for a ride when they decided to help restore
3830.
There's no way 3801 Ltd would have recouped the losses in doing the job,
surely.
I'm sure it's packed in a big wooden carton marked "only open in times of
emergency".
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Cheers,
Darren Yates
Firebox recordings [http://www.firebox.bluemountains.net.au]

Matthew Geier wrote in message <718b10$c0e$1@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au>...
>In article <363786e9.0@occy.pnc.com.au>,
>Darren Yates <dyates@pnc.com.au> wrote:
>>When you say "first-class" train serving lunch, does that mena they've got
>>WWII-surplus meat pies heating up??? :)
>>
>>What's the prob with BOB this time?
>>It never seems to be on for more than a couple of months and disappears
>>again.
>>Will it be replaced with 3830?
>
> Doubt it, 3830 is owned by the Powerhouse Museum, and they are keeping
>it very 'close'. Apparently the Powerhouse have directed it only run
>20 times a year or something like that, and cannot be used on regular
>services, ie the Cockatoo Run.
>
> 3830 is a special service engine only.
>