Re: [QLD] The last SX tin sets

[Graham Duffin <duffin@dyson.brisnet.org.au>]

Does anyone know what is going to happen to the tin sets now they are no
longer rostered for regular services?

I've heard two rumours.
1) Two sets will be kept for use on excursion traffic and Exhibition
   steam services with the remaining 7 sets will go to Townsville
   workshops to have their bogies removed.  The bogies will then be
   placed under the older Sunlander cars as their existing bogies need
   replacing.  The bodies of the SX cars would then be sold.

2) The other rumour is that some SX sets will be modified to replace the
   existing wooden loco hauled carriages for steam tours and excursion
   traffic.  The remaining sets would then be sold.

Is anyone able to confirm or deny whether any of these rumours are true?
Will preservation bodies such as the Rosewood Railway try and obtain a
set for preservation?

Graham Duffin,
Salisbury, Qld.
"Graham Watkins" <gwatkins@globec.com.au> writes: 
> There is apparently going to be some sort of ceremony next Thursday 2
> December at Shorncliffe to mark the last scheduled run of an SX loco hauled
> train. Will probably be the 7.20am ex Shorncliffe.
>