Re: [QLD] Ex QR tin sets in Thailand?

["David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au>]

"chris 'fufas' grace" <chris@transdata.co.nz> wrote in message
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> David Bennetts wrote:
> >
>
> I suspect you saw the ex-NZR 'Silver Star' cars. The 'Silver Star' was
> an overnight
> sleeper train which ran between Auckland and Wellington. The cars were
> sold to Thailand.
> Some were converted into the Thai Royal Train, and the others into a
> luxury train running a service similar to the VSOE. (They would have
> needed a lot of conversion as the Silver Star was a load of rubbish
> when I rode it in the late 1970s)
>
Nope, saw these ex-NZ cars on the Eastern and Oriental Express which we
crossed about halfway between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.  Weren't those
cars, were a more boxy shape with two sets of double doors each side, just
like QR operated.

Regards

David Bennetts