Re: Violet Town

["rod gayford" <rodjg@ozemail.com.au>]

They were not all repaired as I was working at Bradford Kendall at the time
and a whole lot of scap stainless steel came in for the electric arc
furnace and I was told it was from the Sth Aurora wreck at Voilet Town. It
also looked fluted Budd style.

Cheers

Rod Gayford

Chris Stratton <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au> wrote in article
<79l765$rq720@atbhp.corpmel.bhp.com.au>...
> Krel wrote:
> >On the Aurora - loco S316 was severely damaged; PHN 2370
> > (power van) was destroyed (by fire); LAN2346, NAM2343,
> > LAN 2350, NAM 2339, LAN2345, BCS 2355, & RMS 2358 were >derailed and
> damaged. The remaining 5 carrriages and brake van >were not derailed.
> 
> Were all these cars repaired and returned to service (apart from the PHN
> I suppose)? Have any now been sold and preserved?
> --
> Regards,
> Chris Stratton
> Wollongong, NSW, Australia
> 
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