Re: Pt Pirie question (was longest train)

["Ross \(Goldie\) Goldspink" <goldicom@powerup.com.au>]

In '79 put the car on the Trans at Pt Pirie and off at Kalgoorlie.  The
"East/West" probably referred to the "Pt Pirie Express" that connected with
the Trans.  They probably were the trains you saw,

Goldie


"Mark Bau" <markbau@altavista.com> wrote in message
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> When did trains stop using the Pirie platform BG & SG.
>
> What happens at Pirie now, yard still work, the wharf, loco depot?
>
> I ask because just this week I have been printing some old (1978) negs. I
> took the BG to Pirie and basically wandered around the place all day
taking
> as many pics as I could before reboarding the BG back to Adelaide. That
> train was called the "East/West" wasn't it? Strange cos the damn thing
went
> north/south!
>
> Tell, if I sent you a pic of a pass in the Pirie platform would you be
able
> to tell me if it was the IP, Trans or Ghan?
>
> Mark
>