Re: See R711's tyres being manufactured!- Why not standardise??-the last word.

["Grahame Ferguson" <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au>]

David Bromage wrote in message ...
>Grahame Ferguson (grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au) wrote:
>>     Thank you to all.  I am glad to have stirred some debate at last!!
But
>> it appears to me that we are still making excuses why we should not,
rather
>> than biting the bullet and going for it.  It seems who ever does some
degree
>> of standardising their rolling stock
>
>Why? Railfans do not support the market. If you rely on railfans to keep
>your operation afloat, you're finished. It's the public and charters which
>keep you running.
>
>> and conversion of their yard facilitites
>
>Then what? Who is going to fork out the million or so dollars to get sg
>through Newport Junction.
>
>> will in the end get a quantum boost to their charters , if they
>> are the only show in town that can run any where in Victoria, and for
that
>> matter Australia.
>
>But it's not a quantum leap. You're only going to get a minimal benefit
>for a huge cost. Charters rarely run beyond the first ring of turntables
>outside Melbourne. Anything beyond about a 2-3 hour journey is pretty much
>restricted to the railfan market.
>
>>     If South Australians some 20 years ago had quitely and slowly planned
>> for some standardisation well they would have it all, but now the
exposure
>> of the General Public to Steam is very small.
>
>Nobody was given 20 years notice of regauging. Even when sg went through
>to melbourne in 1962, there was no serious proposal for Victorians to
>start getting sg equipment.
>
>>     The only way you promote yourself to the young and Mr & Mrs Average
is
>> by going through their home town.
>
>80% of whom live in the greater Melbourne and Geelong areas. Add in the
>major regional cities of Ballarat, Bendigo and the Latrobe Valley, and
>thay's closer to 90% of the population of the state.
>
>It sounds nice, but really just not practical in the forseeable future.
>
>Cheers
>David

To reply to all who think that we will not have the standard gauge capacity
for rail preservation, let me be cryptic by saying that why do we have to
connect only at Newport ?  Again we take the easy path and say that there
should be no change, and do not say why not and  go for it!  There are many
sites close by to the S.G. and that any connections will never cost in the
millions- think laterally! - Who dares wins!!  Just wait and see it will
happen.