Re: Broken Hill - Fate?

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"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
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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 was withdrawn) that they are building a few extra XPT cars, to go into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
> >
> >
>
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