Re: [VIC] headboards, nameplates and non authentic liveries. (was: [VIC] Steamrail headboard)

[royboy@DELETE_THIS.bit.net.au (Roy Wilke)]

*sigh* 

Doesn't "preserved" means "keep safe, keep alive"?
Now, if a locomotive is retained in corporeal (and usable,
non-derelict) form after most of its bretheren have gone to Sims',
then isn't it "preserved" no matter *what* it's paint scheme or *what*
has been attached to or removed from it?

James, I think you should lighten up a bit.



On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 15:57:39 +1100, James Brook
<ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>Lineman wrote:
>
>> Yes, but there are many instances where the VR took liberties with colour
>> schemes eg The Boat Train,The Centenary N ,The exhibition R,the Little
>> Trimmer,the Jolimont Dogbox shunter.They where all decisions of people who
>> thought they had a good idea.
>> Lineman Graeme
>
>This is the VR who did this, not a preservation group. If you are a preservation
>group in Victoria you should try to restore your locomotives and rolling stock
>into VR condition or whatever operator they came from. Otherwise a
>"preservation" group is the same as WCR apart from the non-profit aspect. If a
>"preservation" group buys A66 in the future and repaints it into the
>bicentennial or olympic livery this is ok because they are restoring it to
>V/Line condition, not their own fantasy paint job. Can you really say that WCR's
>S class diesels are "preserved" simply because they are old? "Preserved" locos
>and rolling stock should be presented in a condition that demonstrates their
>appearance at some time in the past when they were in service with a commercial
>operator. This is the difference between true preservation groups and ordinary
>rail operators. The words "Heritage", "Preserved" and "Museum" are used too
>loosely these days, Steamrail is nothing more than another tourist train
>operator, their trains are a modern day fantasy with a vague similarity to the
>old VR trains.
>
>--
>- James Brook -
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