Re: Daytime Overland

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

In article <wSgE4.1314$HQ5.641053@news0.optus.net.au>,
"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> David Bromage wrote in message ...
> >Taliesin Walker (taliesin@chariot.net.au) won a Nobel Prize for
literature
> by writing:
> >> It was just on the radio that the overland will begin a trial of
making
> >> daytime runs in May. Sounds like a good idea?
> >
> >Well, at least it bring GSR into the late 1970s. :)
Better then 3 times weekly I suppose! I reckon the running time would
be similar to "daylight" Ghan every Wednesday(about 10 and half hours).
Not as fast as Firefly but if carefully marketing it would be a
success.  Are there any scenic spots along the line? other then Murray
Bridge and Adelaide Hill?



> I wonder what they will do with the "lounge" car - since it is for
First
> Class customers, and they do not offer First Class seating, will it
languish
> at Keswick?
Possibly would be part of the consist. Serving light meal to passengers
just like the XPT , but I'm not sure would it be a "take away" style or
you could actually sit down and have meal in the club car. Does GSR
have any sitter carriages with buffet?

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Cheers
James


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