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Re: Strategic Reserve.
- Subject: Re: Strategic Reserve.
- From: David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 10:48:05 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: RailPage Australia http://www.railpage.org.au
- References: <37c92cfe.0@news1> <37C9767F.66CED256@islandnet.com> <37ce79b8.53107833@news.ocean.com.au>
Les Brown wrote:
> I've heard of stories like this for over 30 years - some even
> involving steam engines apparently put into long term storage here in
> Victoria, Australia, but the only actual "storage" I ever saw was in
> the scrap yard.
>
> Thus we find the strange appearence of steam engines apparently
> "hidden" in storage whereas the reality was that they were merely
> awaiting the scrapper's torch.
What do you mean? The long since "scrapped" D3.658 and K157 have both
been seen in steam recently. :)
Cheers
David