Dorrigo Steam Railway And Museum 

Adrian Kingston Thank you for your detailed response we will pin this comment to the top of the comment section so everyone can read it 👌🏻

@@TCJ_YT y thank u for that im very glad that u got to get a glimps first hand into the museum and sample a taste of whats coming in the future all the best mate .

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@@adriankingston4338 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s8EERxjihDI.html&ab_channel=zordmaker

@@kramvonatik8084 yeah weve all seen that pile of bullshit and thats what it is a pile of bullshit need to get with the times mate its not 1986 anymore in case you didnt notice

I only learned of the story of this place a few days ago, then my RU-vid algorithm bought me to this video lol. Hearing that old bat Keith lie through his teeth in this video about everything is just palpable. He is just a proper genuine hoarder. He defended every one of his actions by blaming mainly the council and other people 😡 Absolute mug he is. The potential of that place is unbelievable! To think it has been sitting there 50yrs doing nothing. I urge anyone reading this comment while learning of this place for the first time to search up the history of this place. And then rewatch and listen to what he is saying. 100s of peices of locos and rolling stock. 100s of dismayed former volunteers who tried to make it work. 1 awesome collection. 1 man who ruined it. Let us all hope it falls to a group of caring individuals in the future. Not a loaner who wanted the biggest train set.

SpagelSmegal Same here, I would love to be a membership that place and give him a hand

scann13 You’re Welcome, Get some good shots, Nice, Wow really that’s amazing 😉

scann13, an honourable job. i don't think victoria ever had any dud commissioners.

@@vsvnrg3263 No not Commissioners but had duds on the Boards.

ken weeks, not really a good idea. some people on the dole really can't be trusted to be responsible. i was on such a scheme building what is now a public park. among those who were unemployed through no fault of their own and people who could not do their job because they lost their driver's licence, there were professional bludgers who, amongst other things, attempted fraudulent compo claims, sabotaged equipment so working was not possible and undertook all manner of obstructive behaviour. some of us built the park while some wouldn't work in an iron lung.

@@vsvnrg3263 that's a great shame. All that valuable workforce going to waste through laziness and self indulgence

@@vsvnrg3263 A DOLE BLUDGER IS A DOLE BLUDGER ,IS A DOLE BLUDGER.I would love to work on those old trains with my experience in electrical and working with timber and steel.

Weather or not you like the place I must point out that this idea of it being hijacked/taken over at a later point simply isn’t true. It has been run by Keith Jones since day one

The collection is so large now, only one third can fit under the proposed shed. Two thirds left to disintegrate slowly in the weather. So buying more items "to save them" will only lead to their eventual destruction; the hypocrisy is rampant.

Not so fabulous when you see it close up rotting and rusting. And if you spend money to save "everything" in this case, there is no money left to build infrastructure such as a car park, toilets, etc. to even open up the silly museum. Buying doubles and triples is stupid. And it all sits out in the weather to rot. Not a very good business practice I would suggest. Another issue is that it is other people's money being spent. The community in general wanted the bloody museum up and running decades ago, but sadly that will probably never happen in our lifetimes. And so many people stick up for Keith Jones and his "museum". Jesus has anyone been to operating rail museums in Australia, or even the UK and seen how rail museums are run there? Dorrigo is a basket case. Operating museums only have doubles and triples , or even quadriples of rolling stock there to actually make up trains, not to sit and rust, or to "save them all".They do not have multiples of the same locomotives rotting in the elements. And how long can a shed be allegedly"proposed"? I have never observed such misleading bullshit and incompetence in any "organisation" in my life. There should be a government inquiry into how it all got to the stage it has.

It's basically like Barry but Keith should sell some of his assets not let them fade out the old dog

Hello from fucking NSW

one was built at Gorton Works (the last one) and the other at North British (Inner one) as ROD 2003 & 1984 respectively. the GCR built example is only one of three left in the world, one at Richmond just over the way and the other 63601 is being returned to service back in the UK.

@@XPTV233 is the Richmond vale line still running?

They had issues with landslides/mudslides, the track was very steep in some parts too. It cost a lot of money. They government didn't want anything to do with the line.

The first locomotives were moved to Dorrigo by truck in 1980, so the "museum* has been established there for 42 years and is still not open

Railroad,Preserver,2000 Barry’s scrapyard? Is that a place in America if so I have no idea what you are talking about

@@TCJ_YT it wasn't a scrap yard in America it was one that was in the UK and basically became famous for unknowingly preserving the very steam locomotives they were supposed to cut up by not cutting them up in the first place, the reason the locomotives were not scrapped was because the owner didn't want to cut them up and as a result over two hundred steam locomotives of all different types and classes ended up in preservation and a lot of them are still running today if you search on RU-vid You'll see a lot of videos come up regarding Barrys scrapyard, here is one video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MdjBFBKYvEg.html

@@TCJ_YT here's another video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UMMeZnLTj7Q.html

The difference is they took a lot of locos out of Barry, these will not be going in another 20 years unless others but them for restoration. As long as they get restored

@@Steven_Rowe hello steven.

Not all need to be in working order, some can just be repainted and put up for display while the more important or less preserved ones could be restored

There were many others in worse condition, the museum had a total 18 end platform carriages and others scrapped via local council order at Lowanna Station in 2011 due to their deteriorated condition. These were the first carriage sets purchased by the museum in 1974 for tourist train operation, they had been sitting at Lowanna since 1986 with no maintenance or conservation by museum members

because the old fool who controls it all does not want to let go.

No they are not

Joseph's Trains No way I’m I doing that I’d rather keep my bells

British built, Beyer Peacock & Co, Gorton Foundry, in Manchester, circa 1900.

You hit the nail right on the head.."CLUB" Boys club looking after themselves with own agendas, and no intention to get the place open. It should have been open years ago. Many in Dorrigo have no sympathy for this "club". You need to get out in the community more and ask questions of what they think.

@@jonathanlivingstoneseagull400I am interested do you know any more

Wat about a JS class would I be able to purchase one of them

They are covered in oil

@@theextremeanimator4721 The locomotive boilers have had wet asbestos lagging for many years and the hundreds of carriages aren't weatherproofed very well, many have already been scrapped due to neglect

Pretty sure all lagging removed as well as the brick arches, regularly covered in oil to prevent rust. Its been 30 years since I visited but back then more than a few would have been very close to if not fully operational. If you look the locos are in very good external condition all things considered.

Hills And More Thanks, I’m the one behind the camera 📷

The locos are covered in oil and the brown tinge is not rust its red oxide primer aplied by the companys that built them.

They look old because they are steam locomotives lol 😄

But thats not rust on the locos , they get covered in oil at least twice a year and when the weather washes some of it off it exposes the red oxide primer on the boiler sheets , hope that info was of any intrest.

@@adriankingston4338 yeah your right.

@@adriankingston4338 oh i see.

@@adriankingston4338 ,i think the problem is not the outer skin but the layer of steel beneath it that may still be rusting. these really need to be under cover. there are some locos stored around the place in victoria where no cover is available so the outer skins are removed to allow the inner layer to dry out when the rain stops.

Sprinter Railcar 7012 Hello there

Like alen peggler going bankrupt touring Scotsman around the north America