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- From: brom@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (David Bromage)
- Subject: Re: Vandalism
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.061427.1035@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 06:14:27 GMT
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- Chris Bell (agrcjb@ee.latrobe.edu.au) wrote:
- : This Sunday, the Vintage Train pulled by steam loco K153 ran a trip out
- : to Eltham from Melbourne for the local Eltham Festival. It then ran two
- : shuttle trips back to Heidelberg for us locals.
- :
- : On its second trip, someone threw a tin of blue paint over the loco,
- : probably from one of the overbridges. The loco was running tender first,
- : and the tender copped most of the paint, right over the right-hand side.
- :
- : Vandalism to the local electrics is one thing (and their is plenty of it
- : on the Hurstbridge line), but I cannot possibly understand the mentality
- : of anyone who would deliberately set out to damage a beautifully restored
- : steam locomotive while it is carrying hundreds of waving, enthusiastic
- : passengers having lots of fun. I bet the paint cost more than the fare!
- :
- : That happening ruined what had been a really great day for myself and
- : many other steam fans. It was wonderful to watch and listen as the train
- : laboured over the hills near Eltham that the electrics hardly slow down for!
- :
- : It has been several years since steam last ventured to Eltham, and now I
- : doubt whether the ARHS will be very keen on letting it ever come back.
-
- Point of order, K153 is run by Steamrail Victoria, not ARHS.
-
- As an active member of Steamrail I was also horrified by this act of
- vandalism. I spent many days working on K153 during her last repaint.
-
- But every cloud has s silver lining, K190 (which has not had much work
- this year) will get to run to Bacchus Marsh next week in place of K153.
-
- BTW, Tait car 470M ran to Hurstbridge late last year.
-
- : Chris Bell
- : agrcjb@lucjb.latrobe.edu.au
-
- David Bromage
-