jonti

Quote from eastwestdevide. " Quote Which roughly says that a long-time associate said the HG 3/3 1068, G 3/4 208 and C 5/6 locos were in the burnt-down part of the depot, and were pulled from the fire, but were affected/damaged (Mitleidenschaft) by it. [much later edit - my mistake - not pulled from the fire, but just "were also damaged" - see later posts] and Quote This does not apply to the HG 3/3 1067 steam loco and the historic three-axle passenger carriages, which were in the old part of the depot. Nothing happened to them (?)." Quote ends. As a fluent German speaker, reader, writer I can confirm this is correct. Google translations are very hit and miss. Jonti

I think that from a structural integrity stand point wood construction is often better than concrete and steel. Shame to see this as I know the area well having lived 1/2 a mile down the road from it for over a year back in 2004/2005 Lets hope they get it up and running again soon.