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Rha-Newsletter-19 Rail Heritage Australia (NSW) Inc Representing Rail Heritage Organisations in NSW Correspondence to: The Secretary, PO Box 152 www.rha-nsw.org.au West Pennant Hills NSW 2125 Email: secretary@r ha -nsw.org.au Newsletter – September 2014 MEMBERS’ FORUM REPORT IN THIS ISSUE Patron • Rail Heritage Forum 12 May 2014. The Hon Tim Fischer • Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway RHA (NSW) – Member groups • Environment Protection Authority 3801 Limited • Binnaway Rail Heritage and Preservation Group Inc Merriwa Railway Society Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum Ltd Goulburn Crookwell Heritage Railway Inc Goulburn Loco Roundhouse Preservation Society Inc AIL HERITAGE FORUM HELD Hunter Valley Training Company Pty Ltd ON MONDAY 12 MAY 2014. Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society Ltd RHA (NSW) hosted a Members’ Lachlan Valley Railway Society Co-op Ltd RForum on 12 May 2014 at the New England Railway Inc Innovations Centre, Australian Technology Park, NSW Rail Motor & Rollingstock Preservation Assn Inc Eveleigh. More than 60 delegates from member NSW Steam Preservation Co-op Society Ltd groups and other kindred organisations attended Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway Inc Pacific Coast Railway Society Inc the Forum, which was roundly praised. Regional Heritage Transport Association – Junee Inc The keynote speaker was David Morgan MBE (incorporating Tumba Rail) TD from the UK, who came to Sydney at his own Richmond Vale Preservation Co-operative Society Ltd expense to attend the Forum. Robertson Heritage Railway Station Inc Rothbury Riot Railway and Steam Museum Group Ltd As advised in the last Newsletter, amongst his South Pacific Electric Railway Co-op Soc Ltd many positions in the rail heritage movement, Steam Tram and Railway Preservation (Co-op) Soc Ltd David Morgan is the President of the World Transport, Signalling and Communications Museum Inc Association of Tourist Trams and Trains Zig Zag Railway Co-op Ltd (WATTRAIN) and also of the European Federation of Museum and Tourist Railways (FEDECRAIL). He is Chairman of the Heritage Railway Association, the voice of the railway Committee of Management heritage sector in Britain and Ireland, and of the Dr John Glastonbury AM President Great Central Railway Plc in Leicestershire. In Sam Burgess OAM Vice President addition, he wears many other hats in the heritage Bill Pascoe Secretary/Treasurer scene. John Healey (Lachlan Valley Railway Society Co-op Ltd) RHA (NSW) was also fortunate to attract a Ian Saxon (South Pacific Electric Railway number of other speakers on topics of interest to Co-op Society Ltd) rail heritage followers. A Q & A panel which Darcy Reid (Goulburn Crookwell Heritage included Peter Lowry OAM, Chairman of the Railway Inc) recently formed Transport Heritage NSW, Ian Wallace (Robertson Heritage Railway Michael Forbes, Chief Executive Officer, Zig Station Inc) Zag Railway, Chris LeMarshall, Director of Linqage International and Heritage Liaison Officer for the Australasian Railway Association and Chris Martin, Chairman of ATHRA answered questions raised. Page 1 Following the welcome address by the President • The comments made by Chris of RHA (NSW), Dr John Glastonbury, he LeMarshall were endorsed. introduced the first speaker for the day. • There is a long-term viability for rail Chris LeMarshall, Heritage Liaison Officer, heritage but there is a need to engage Australasian Railway Association (ARA): with politicians at various levels to “get The first session of the day was a presentation by the message across”. Chris LeMarshall, who has done a lot of work in • Governments have more to gain by other states assisting rail heritage groups. His supporting rail heritage than not. presentation was themed “Setting the Scene, • NSW Rail Heritage Sector”. Chris presented a There is a need to engage with the public, SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, particularly the local community and to Opportunities and Threats) of the present state of widen the scope of interests and to be the NSW rail heritage sector which he advised inclusive rather than exclusive. was based on ATHRA data. • Involve females as much as possible. While some strengths were identified, Chris • Engage with your volunteers as disputes concentrated on Weaknesses and Opportunities. lead to loss of morale. Some of the Weaknesses identified were: In a following Q & A session, David Morgan, in • Lack of extensive collaboration and response to a question on potential conflicts cooperation in NSW. between the use of abandoned railway lines for cycleways and walking trails, stressed the need • Lack of government support (it is much for compromise if possible to make it a better in other states). “win/win”, not “all or nothing”. It had been • Lack of trust. found in the UK that cycleways and walking tracks were sometimes placed beside the railway Some of the Opportunities identified were: formation, resulting in a win-win situation. • Establishing greater trust. Second Address by David Morgan MBE TD, • Working together with the need to Following lunch, David Morgan gave a second collaborate and cooperate. address themed “The Role of Museums in • Running steam trains from Sydney – for European Federation of Museums and Tourist visitors and international tourists. (He Railways” in which he covered the following: identified that Sydney has a huge number • Speak to careers advisors at secondary of such visitors and tourists and the schools to secure skills of young people running of regular steam train services who want to put something useful on out of Sydney would be a great their CVs. (Useful voluntary work can opportunity.) be seen by potential employers as a good • The Australian Technology Park would community-based initiative. Engaging be an ideal venue to base such services. with young people can be a win/win. • • Greater utilisation of rail heritage assets – Engage with other heritage organisations develop and promote them. – a lot can be learned from other like- minded groups and their experiences. This presentation was followed by a Q & A • session on the matters raised by Chris A suggestion by John Glastonbury for the LeMarshall. establishment of separate “chapters” for “museums and others” thus Keynote Address by David Morgan MBE TD, distinguishing the “non-operating This session was themed: “The Long-term groups” from the “operating groups” was Viability of Rail Heritage – A World Perspective of interest and was supported. – Dos and Do-nots”. Chris Martin, Chairman of Association of Amongst the matters covered in the address Tourist Heritage Rail Australia (ATHRA) were: Chris Martin spoke on the theme “The role of the National Rail Heritage Association – What it Page 2 means to you”. Some of the matters covered in • Continued improvement is being the address by Chris were: achieved. • ATHRA members are the peak bodies • There are fewer engineering or from each State and Territory (for mechanical defect caused derailments. example RHA (NSW) representing • NSW) with each having two members. Level crossings are still an issue, but there is an improving trend. • There are 89 rail heritage groups across • Australia, with NSW being the largest Weather related derailments are a with 24 groups. concern. • • It is estimated that, in total, rail heritage The key issues today appear to be: contributes $370 million to the national o Organisational safety economy. o Procedural compliance • ATHRA has developed a marketing o Human factors theme “Great Rail Experiences in Australia”. This can be accessed through • The main question is “What level of the ATHRA website: www.athra.asn.au safety risk are you prepared to accept?” • ATHRA’s website contains a lot of David then presented a detailed analysis of a run- information, including lesson plans and a a-way fuel train in Lac-Megantic, Quebec on 6 technical library. July 2013 as follows: • ATHRA is looking for help on the • The oil train with 5 locomotives ran national body. unmanned for 11 kilometres and derailed in the town of Lac-Megantic. Peter Anderson, ATHRA • The train consisted of 74 fuel tankers Peter Anderson spoke on the theme “Heritage containing 7.2 million litres of crude oil Rail and the Office of the National Rail Safety which ignited on derailment killing 54 Regulator”. Matters covered by Peter were: people and destroying 40 buildings. • ATHRA is becoming a more significant • 5.6 million litres of oil spilled into the body. adjacent river and carried 120 kilometres • The key to safety is determining the downstream. levels of RISK. • The train had been stabled with the lead • The National Rail Regulator is facing the locomotive running to maintain air for a challenges of bringing together the full service brake application (with former state-based regulators. minimal wagon handbrakes applied) and was left was unattended overnight. • A safety database has been developed by the Rail Industry Safety and Standards • Later, following a report that the Board (RISSB), locomotive was on fire (incorrect - probably exhaust smoke), the locomotive David Edwards, Executive Director, was shut down by the fire crew which Australasian Transport Risk Solutions attended. (ATRS). • The final presentation of the Forum was by When the brake air pressure reduced, the David Edwards and was titled: “The July 2013 train began its 11 kilometre march Lac Megantic (Quebec) Accident – A Case Study downhill to the town of Lac-Megantic – Lessons when a Regulator and Major Operator reaching a speed estimated at over 100kph. Got It Wrong”. There was general agreement that the Forum had Before speaking
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