Re: R700 and 3 T's to Ballarat 30/1/00

["Richard Flinders" <srv@railpage.org.au>]

Tour details at the Steamrail site...   www.steamrail.com.au

Bookings to West Coast Rail please

Ta

Richard


David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> James Brook (ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by
writing:
> > John Wayman wrote:
>
> > > High speed cars and travel would also be handy to maintain a path and
ensure
> > > arrival back in Melbourne at a reasonable hour. It also then reduces
the
> > > costs e.g. crew wages. Slow trips are why I gave up fan trips!
>
> > - Wooden cars are much more comfortable than normal BK's.
>
> Agreed, especially AEs.
>
> > - 80kph isn't exactly crawling
>
> The 80km/h limit is arbitrary anyway. VR (and early V/Line) ran the same
> vehicles at 115km/h when they were in far poorer condition than they are
> now.
>
> Cheers
> David