Re: SA's biggest passenger train

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

In article <20339185.8467eb29@usw-ex0104-026.remarq.com>,
John Dennis  <jdennisNOjdSPAM@acslink.net.au.invalid> wrote:
>In article <B55A9D21.10059%markbau@altavista.com>, Mark Bau
><markbau@altavista.com> wrote:
>>
>>Strange news story.
>
>I thought so too.
>
>>It doesn't mention how many cars were on the train, did it beat
>>the Opera in the outback trains?
>
>It does say "13 carriages from the former Warnambool (sic) Train
>Service have been brought out of storage from Tailem Bend"
>whatever that means.
>
>Did it beat any of the regular double consist IPs?
>

 Ive been on a double IP consist Sydney bound that met a failed Ghan Adelaide
bound. The trains met in the middle of  the section and the IP pushed the
Ghan back to the next loop where it was put away.

 While not an 'offical' train, and the loco's were in the middle, it would be
hard to beat the size of a combined Ghan and double IP set for the largest
train.