Re: [VIC] Idea for a tour

["Signal Adjuster" <grime@dcsi.net.au>]

"Michael Kurkowski" <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
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> James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> said:
>
> >>  How about getting a loco from Great Northern (: Since the K cars are
> >>  used
> >> these days, we might as well have some non-standard looking motive
> >> power, perhaps T345 up front (: [I'm still waiting for the tour with
> >> the flat-tops , I hear T413 doesn't get any use these days]
> >
> >Several years ago the ARHS organized a trip to Bairnsdale with a T class
> >but no one booked on it. I'm not sure if it was a flat top though.
>
> Then the bastard kennet went and closed the line on us. I'm sure if the
> fans saw the imminent closure coming, they would have turned up in droves.
> Well, rail is now out of the hands of the distrustful politicians, who
> knows if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but in the short term, it's a
> good thing, with the reopening of the Bairnsdale line, soon to be reopened
> South Gippsland line (rumoured, to Koala Siding, using MVO-RTL - maybe
> we'll see the Leongatha pass. once again, with the Bairnsdale pass.).
I am led to believe by a track worker that the Sale Bairnsdale,and
Cranbourne Nyora lines suffered badly in the summer,with many buckles and I
think the description "dogs hind leg"could be applied to much of the track.
Its been let go and now we are paying the price..
>
> BTW, another interesting idea for a fan trip, would be a train to
Hillside.
> Are passengers allowed, with the current track restrictions? Perhaps this
> is a good time to pull out the wooden cars and T413 - if yes, what are the
> organisors waiting for - reopening all the way into Bairnsdale?
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
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