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Re: Passenger service return to Whyalla?

Subject: Re: Passenger service return to Whyalla?
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 07:49:52 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Another Optus Customer
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James C (noemail@emailsux.com) wrote:
> Engineer>? Bluebird have plenty of spare Bluebird railcars (and 2/3 Budd
> railcar IIRC). Bluebird  refurbished most of the railcars and most are in
> excellent condition, besides, railcar have higher acceleration then loco
> haul trains.

Bluebird Rail are having problems getting past Angaston. It would only
happen if the SA government put some serious money into it.

Whyalla could be done in about 3.5 hours these days.

> Whyalla and Broken Hill might be easy to restate passenger service,

Broken Hill is another useful one. Given the limited stops these days, it
could be done in about 6 hours.

Cheers
David

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References:
- Whyalla Airlines , slightly off topic.
  - From: mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)
- Re: Whyalla Airlines , slightly off topic.
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Passenger service return to Whyalla?
  - From: "James C" <noemail@emailsux.com>

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