Re: Query from the Deep North

["Michael McDonald" <michael.and.colleen.mcdonald@xtra.co.nz>]

"Tin" yes, "Hare" no.  ;-)

Joking aside, I've heard the same name given to the Wairarapa railcars in
NZ - they're the ones that used to go over the Rimutakas (now the rail goes
under).

Cheers
Michael

John McCandless <johnmc@topend.com.au> wrote in message
38e9b4aa.0@news.topend.com.au">news:38e9b4aa.0@news.topend.com.au...
> On the Normanton-Croydon "Gulflander" page of QR's new website, I see that
> they refer to the railmotor there as a "Tin Hare."  AFAIK, this nickname
> belongs to CPH railmotors of NSW, doesn't it?   It's interesting how the
> "Fondly referred to as...." claims often have no bearing on reality, isn't
> it?  ;-).