Re: Broken Hill - Fate?

["Chris" <chrisc@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.

Chris
"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "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 was withdrawn) that they are building a few extra XPT cars, to go into the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
>
>