Poultry Railcars (Was: [VIC] K190 to South Gippsland)

[Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au>]

No idea why they moved the chooks. They went to Bendigo in any case. Can 
someone else here answer why? I managed to photograph the Newport-Bendigo 
leg of the transfer last Wednesday, but due to work had to cut it short at 
Sunbury. Would have been nice to see through the black forest.

As far as loco colours go, I don't think anyone really cares any more. I.e. 
the attitide being that a "grossly incorrect interpretation of a locomotive 
that happened to have been restored" is better than "a locomotive being cut 
up to sell to cat food companies". Don't get me wrong, I believe that WCR 
are doing a great job with R711, and good on 'em for it, but I do have 
mixed feelings about what is about to happen to R766. With R711 at least, 
it was a case of, rust, or be profitable.

I seem to recall a while back, someone posted to a mailing list that I 
reside in, saying that there is not one genuine R class in service. All 
have modifications that exceed what is required to getting it back into 
service. (headboards, name plates, odd paint jobs, etc)

Regards
Michael

James Brook said in message <3855DEC7.F9F0A16F@ozemail.com.au>, I
therefore quote: 

>
>> Same way they moved the chooks last week I guess. There is an 8kmh
>> limit between Nyora and some road near Cranbourne, due to bad track. I
>> can safely say, I won't miss having K190 in the suburbs. Like it's NSW
>> partner, lime green has to be the most revolting colour to have on a
>> steam loco. 
>
>Slow trip, lol! What did they move the chooks for? As far as the colour
>scheme goes I don't mind the look of a two-toned lined green loco like
>Y112. I can't stand the plain green colour without any lining like K190.
>Personally I think all K's should be black because this is the old VR
>colour and it also looks the best out of any colour scheme I have ever
>seen on the K's. 

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