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Re: 75th Anniversary Sydney Electrification
- Subject: Re: 75th Anniversary Sydney Electrification
- From: "Steven Walker" <s_walker@onaustralia.com.au>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 07:28:33 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
- References: <396fa39b@newshost.pcug.org.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:14574
There will be celebrations for the 75th aniversary and should include the
railways preserved W-set and preserved single deck set.
Regards
Steven Walker
"David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au> wrote in message
news:396fa39b@newshost.pcug.org.au...
> The Paris Metro is currently celebrating its centenerary. As part of the
> celebrations, it is running a 1930s "retro metro" train. See today's
Herald
> at www.smh.com.au and the Metro's website at http://metro.ratp.fr - click
on
> the Union Jack button if you want English, for details. With Sydney's 75th
> anniversary of electric train services next year, why not a similar
> promotion for Sydney using a reburbished "red rattler" - who knows,
CityRail
> may even be able to restore some of its reputation, now severely mangled
by
> many unfortunate incidents.
>
> Regards
> David Bennetts
> Canberra
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