Re: Broken Hill - Fate?

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

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was withdrawn) that they are building a few extra XPT cars, to go into the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