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

[sthyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au (Stuart Thyer)]

In article <36df2c94.0@nap-ns1>, "Grahame Ferguson"
<grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au> wrote:

> David Bromage wrote in message ...

> >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.

No matter where any group connect Grahame, while the money continues to
come in from BG operations, there is not much point a group sticking its
neck out and trying to create a market on the SG until there are enough
lines to justify it.  Certainly you are correct in saying look for the
gov't dollar, because no group currently operating in Victoria could
possibly bankroll such an operation.
Speaking on behalf of Steamrail, we have taken certain steps to ensure we
have the option to go SG (K cars), but in the forseeable future, we are
not actively pushing ourselves in that direction.

As for the interstate market, I'm still waiting for the day 3801 steams
past the steamrail depot at Newoprt, but I think I'll be waiting a while. 
They do the same thing we do, concentrate on the markets within 2 hours of
the capital.

One day there will be an R on the SG, one day.

-- 
Stuart Thyer
Photographer-Department of Anatomy
University of Melbourne
One time winner of the 'Imaginary chocolate frog of discretion'