Re: Broken Hill - Fate?

["Chris" <chrisc@fl.net.au>]

Yes, they were. From my posting on this newsgroup on the 08.05.00 I wrote
the following........

According to a article in the Sun Herald 7/5/00 on the withdrawn Outback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.

Chris

"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Chris" <chrisc@fl.net.au> wrote in message 3a0a70f0@fl.net.au">news:3a0a70f0@fl.net.au...
> > I believe the ones they were looking at were surplus BR mk 3 carriages
> built
> > in the 1970's. I think the poms also use them on their HST's.
>
> Nope Mk 3's have never been used on HST's. BR used a Mk 3 derivative as
the
> HST trailers, but they were never classed as Mk 3's, as they have totally
> different electrical systems.
>
> Still does not change the fact that CL were never looking at overseas
> rolling stock to do the BHQ run.
>
> Dave
>
> > Chris
> > "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > V0iO5.81747$YX4.2555936@news2.giganews.com">news:V0iO5.81747$YX4.2555936@news2.giganews.com...
> > > "Chris" <chrisc@fl.net.au> wrote in message 3a09394f@fl.net.au">news:3a09394f@fl.net.au...
> > > > I recall that they were going to replace the clapped out passenger
> > > carriages
> > > > with newer clapped out carriages from the old dart. But luckily
> Country
> > > Link
> > > > couldn't afford to ship them to oz. (why do they always look to the
UK
> > for
> > > > solutions?) Hopefully they are all under water now due to flooding
> over
> > > > there.
> > >
> > > First I have heard on that one. It has always been the case (since the
> > train
> > > was withdrawn) that they are building a few extra XPT cars, to go into
> the
> > > general XPT pool, and will use XPT cars (probably loco hauled) on the
> > Broken
> > > Hill service.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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