Re: SRA/Countrylink Outback Explorer

[Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

It is the same logic which caused the removal of raisin toast from
buffet-car menus in the early 80s: the item was so popular that there was
insufficient shelf space to store all of the raisin bread, so the item was
deleted from the menu.

Managament never did want to run the train; it was a political dictate at
the time.

Any spurious excuse will do.

In Melbourne, a manager stated that daily tickets could not be sold on trams
because a larger machine would be needed.  Even my octagenarian neighbour
could see that they were the same size as the coin-only machines on station
platforms.

"chris@enet21.com.au" wrote:
According to a article in the Sun Herald 7/5/00 on the withdrawn Outback

> Explorer, a Gail Gregory who is the countrylink general manager said
> "Countrylink had been unable to replace the train in Australia and the
> cost was too high to bring one from England so it was taken out of
> service".
> I'm assuming that they were trying to buy 2nd hand BR stock - WHY?. As I
> would have thought that they would have tried a local manufacturer first
> if buying new.

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Regards
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor