Re: Goodbye Overland

[Dion Williams <onamission@start.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

> It will be interesting to see what happens if / when the train dissapears
> entirely , as to what the respective State Govts will do ,(most likely
> nothing.)

I think inevitably its days are numbered. Perhaps it's for the best to
preserve the memories for those who rode it when it was still proud,
much as the wretched Sydney/Melbourne Express mentioned before merely
prolonged the agony.

> I guess the option still exists for organizations like WCR or even NXP or
> Countrylink to fill the gap.
> How much chance they would have of making a profit is anyones guess.
> One would think that an organization that owned its own locos and didnt have
> to hire them might stand some chance.

Seems like an XPT would be ideal for it, times would easily be cut to
less than 10 hours; even with day and night services it leaves plenty of
maintenance time. If Countrylink go ahead with purchasing tilt trains in
the next few years they'd no doubt have the inside running.

Dion