Re: Broken Hill/Griffirh pass. cancelled.

[Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

And where is a PHG comming from??

rgds

David Bromage wrote:
> 
> James C. (james_ccj@my-deja.com) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> > A report said the Broken Hill service will return 18 month later once
> > those 3 new XPT carriages delivered,
> 
> I had heard a rumour that the heavyweight PHA will be retired and replaced
> with something lighter. The rumour is that something like a PHG would be
> resurrected, given a new diesel alternator set and NMA bogies.
> 
> > in the mean time Ghan and IP will
> > have extra seats for this service, did GSR recieve subsidies for
> > providing concession ticket? Griffith service will be provide by an
> > explorer set....would this be an extension of the Armidale/Moree to
> > Sydney explorer??
> 
> Probably not. The 4-car set has to spend alternate mornings at Eveleigh
> for servicing. The way it can be done has been described here ebfore.
> 
> 1) Replace the Grafton XPT with a 4-car Explorer.
> 2) Replace the Armidale Xplorer with a 2+5 XPT.
> 3) Run a 2-car Xplorer between Moree and Werris Creek, connecting with the
>    XPT.
> 4) Put the other 2-car Xplorer on the Griffith run 3 days per week,
>    combined with the 11.43 Canberra as car as Goulburn. You'd get 3
>    services per week.
> 
> Cheers
> David