Re: new loco hauled passenger stock

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

I wonder if it is cheaper to piss the XPT power cars off and run the train with a
single 81 or 82 (or maybe a 81 at each end of the train?). Although it will
probably affect the trains preformance.

chris

David Johnson wrote:

> Michael Kurkowski wrote:
>
> > chris@enet21.com.au (chris@enet21.com.au) wrote in
> > <39040EF9.6387B51D@enet21.com.au>:
> >
> > >Which state has the newest loco hauled passenger stock (certainly not
> > >NSW). I remember seeing some passenger stock that can be converted to
> > >standard gauge  to narrow and vice versa being built in Queensland. Do
> > >these venture as far south as Sydney and Melbourne?
> >
> > Not including the GSPE cars, I would say technically the XPT sleepers would
> > win the prize here. Okay you may say "but this is not loco hauled", so what
> > pulls (and pushes for that matter) the XPT then?
>
> An 81 class, or whatever other loco is around when it blows up. :)
>
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