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Re: Strategic Reserve.




Alistair Deayton <Alistair@deayton.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
7qk6af$jv8$2@news7.svr.pol.co.uk">news:7qk6af$jv8$2@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> > > When I joined the (Government owned) V.R. back in 1964, some of the
old
> > > Drivers told stories about Strategic Reserves of steam locos stored
away
> > > some where in Victoria.
> >
> > But the VR had a strategic reserve, a good bit of it is an open air
museum
> > of rusting locos at some place whose name I have forgotten about 20 km
> west
> > of Keuruu, about 50km west of Jyväskylä.
> >
> Just to clarify, VR here is Finnish Railways,NOT Victorian Railways.
>
> Alistair
>

Don't worry most of us got the joke!!

Bob.