Re: CRASH ! [Re: TAN>Do Hong Kong Cars Count?]
Greg King
Monday, October 8, 2001 10:04 PM
Jock,
I appologise for the error in thinking you were from NZ, to correct another
comment from elsewhere, I have nothing but the greatest of admiration for
the Kiwi's, especially on the tramway level, Ferrymead, under most difficult
circumstances, went from virtually nothing to creating what is probably the
most tramway of tramway museums in the world and assisted in getting the
tourist tramway there in a City the population of about the same as Ballarat
here (I'm only guessing there), not to mention the par excellence of the
Auckland Motat museum. I originally got my back up over OZ bashing by a
certain Kiwi who seems to have left the group.
Anyway, I am happy to put the nastiness behind us and move on, if we can.
It is very unfortunate for Brisbane in general and the museum in particular,
that the two LRT schemes fell through. The first, under the previous state
government was, in principle, the better laid out scheme but was based on
articulated version of the "Phoenix" cars, as much as I love those cars, it
just left the project open for criticism and a candidate for political
football. The next scheme, I suspect, was design to appease those who were
upset at the loss of the first scheme, but had a built in failure clause,
making it narrow gauge in this day and age was crazy and the reasons were so
vague as to be laughable. The "routes" made it basically a city tourist line
as well so, I think it was politics that was the downfall in all cases.
As for the museum, according to Trolley Wire, the museum has been
compensated for a new building and the track extention to Ferny Grove
Station.
Greg
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I appologise for the error in thinking you were from NZ, to correct another
comment from elsewhere, I have nothing but the greatest of admiration for
the Kiwi's, especially on the tramway level, Ferrymead, under most difficult
circumstances, went from virtually nothing to creating what is probably the
most tramway of tramway museums in the world and assisted in getting the
tourist tramway there in a City the population of about the same as Ballarat
here (I'm only guessing there), not to mention the par excellence of the
Auckland Motat museum. I originally got my back up over OZ bashing by a
certain Kiwi who seems to have left the group.
Anyway, I am happy to put the nastiness behind us and move on, if we can.
It is very unfortunate for Brisbane in general and the museum in particular,
that the two LRT schemes fell through. The first, under the previous state
government was, in principle, the better laid out scheme but was based on
articulated version of the "Phoenix" cars, as much as I love those cars, it
just left the project open for criticism and a candidate for political
football. The next scheme, I suspect, was design to appease those who were
upset at the loss of the first scheme, but had a built in failure clause,
making it narrow gauge in this day and age was crazy and the reasons were so
vague as to be laughable. The "routes" made it basically a city tourist line
as well so, I think it was politics that was the downfall in all cases.
As for the museum, according to Trolley Wire, the museum has been
compensated for a new building and the track extention to Ferny Grove
Station.
Greg
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