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Re: SA's biggest passenger train
- Subject: Re: SA's biggest passenger train
- From: "James C" <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 18:14:18 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- References: <VX2Z4.825$r37.689943@news0.optus.net.au><3934d0b8$0$8478$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <B55A9D21.10059%markbau@altavista.com> <3935D121.AC101BBA@adelaide.edu.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:11024
>
> It was a very inaccurate story - you would think the ABC could do better.
>
> The train was actually only 14 carriages long - 7 of these were GSR
> sit-up cars (mixture of Overland, IP and Ghan cars) and the other 7 cars
> were Murraylander cars (in either yellow or grey paint jobs).
14 carriages???? these days IP are usually over 17 carriages:-)
How could that be the biggest?????
> The return working left Keswick Terminal for Port Pirie at 3.28pm with
> EL56 (CFCLA) and GM44 (ASR) up front.
Now it's been a while since GSR trains haul by EL class and GM class, that's
unusual.....
> As far as being the 'biggest passenger train' maybe they meant in terms
> of numbers of passengers?
Maybe
Cheers
James