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[Boring Vic] "W" cars should be used on SG tours



The NSWRTM is operating a tour over Easter Sydney - Melbourne - Mildura -
Portland (Vic.) - Dimboola - Melbourne - Sydney.

I'm waiting for the posting to the effect that the SG workings should use
"W" or "E" cars.

What's being used (other than the Aurora cars) is three NSW "N" cars which
bear a distasteful resemblance to the ex-SAR BK cars and two NSW "FS" cars
which are horribly like ex-SAR BKL's.

Since every posting here about Victorian BG steam that doesn't relate to
Steamrail headboards is a complaint about the 115 Km/hr ex-SAR cars, I had
expected a similar complaint about SG steam.

AHRS Canberra has one of the SG VFW (ex AW) cars in serviceable condition.
Dorrigo has 1VBW, a still-first-class AW.  Surely, to suit the sensibilities
of repetitive aus.rail posters, NSWRTM could have used these cars for the
Ararat tour?

Rgds

[Quite happy if this thread is hijacked outside Vic]