Re: Ararat seeks public's view of planned rail restart

[Craig Haber <albatross@harnessnet.com.au>]

Hi,

David Bromage wrote:

> > > Ummm.... what spare rolling stock would that be?
> >
> > I though they have couple of ex-GSR and V/line carriages in Ballarat East
> > workshop.
>
> Sleeping cars wouldn't be much use on a day service. The spare sitting
> cars are for the Murraylander.

Spare sitting cars are few and far between, only BS208 and BS210 which require
substantial work.  And BRS223 (stored).

> Leongatha can take heavyweight carriages, but only lightweight locos. A
> train of 10 S cars (500t) would be possible, but you'd need three Ts to
> haul it. :)

10 S cars would be some 640 seats, I doubt the Leongatha would require such a
train David :)

Cheers,
Craig.
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