Tulloch Deckers

A number of Tulloch deckers with the graffiti freshly painted over in grey
are being marshalled on the arrival road at Maintrain at Clyde.

Does anyone know there destination ??

KM

"Knotme" <Knotme@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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>A number of Tulloch deckers with the graffiti freshly painted over in grey
>are being marshalled on the arrival road at Maintrain at Clyde.
>
> Does anyone know there destination ??
>
> KM
Scrappers torch

"Robert Harris" <robertharrris71@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Knotme" <Knotme@somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:FPakf.9745$ea6.5353@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>A number of Tulloch deckers with the graffiti freshly painted over in grey
>>are being marshalled on the arrival road at Maintrain at Clyde.
>>
>> Does anyone know there destination ??
>>
>> KM
> Scrappers torch

You're not teasing me are you?

There has been alot of people who seem interested in buying them
recently, even though the tender has finnished. I don't know if you can
still buy them but I am sure if you had the cash you could try to buy
them of the scrappers. They may then change their minds.

On 3 Dec 2005 05:16:04 -0800, "robh" <rherkes@> wrote:

>There has been alot of people who seem interested in buying them
>recently, even though the tender has finnished. I don't know if you can
>still buy them but I am sure if you had the cash you could try to buy
>them of the scrappers. They may then change their minds.

The three cars are presumably some of the seven that have been
acquired by preservation groups. The new grey paint was very rugh,
even over the lower windows, so I assume that it simply covers
graffiti.

I understand from an unsuccessful commercial bidder who approached the
successful scrapper that they can buy a car for $15,000! Quite a
profit from $179 - that's correct, $179 - even after allowing for the
removal of the asbestos, which is only required if the cars are being
scrapped.

Hunslet

Did they buy the carriage? 13 carriages had been left out of the recent
tender does this mean 6 carriages have been bought for peoples homes
ect?

"Knotme" <Knotme@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the replies
>
> It was the repainting of the cars that had me interested, what a waste in
> time, energy and money when they are only going to meet the torch.

The right way, the wrong way and the rail way. They'll never change with
clowns running the circus

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:18:38 +1100, David Johnson
<usenet@trainman.id.au> wrote:


>>If they are only being scrapped then why would they bother respraying them??
>
>Because Vince Graham goes past Auburn yard on his way to and from work
>and gets upset when he sees graffittied ex-CityRail stock.


Well, why does he not cmplain about similarly graffitied stock at
Elston's?

Hunslet

On 3 Dec 2005 23:30:08 -0800, "robh" <rherkes@> wrote:

>Did they buy the carriage? 13 carriages had been left out of the recent
>tender does this mean 6 carriages have been bought for peoples homes
>ect?


Possibly made up of two cars to Petersham Training College and four
cars to the RailCorp Emergency Response Group at Elston's Siding.

Hunslet

Oops I forgot the two at Petersham. I think three went to SETS, one top
Dorrigo, and two to a private collector. If four went to the railcorp
Emergency Responce group, then one went to HET. This makes sence seeing
that is 13 carriages, the exact number which were left out of the
tender.