Re: Pacific Coast Aurora

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

Phil @big pond wrote:
>
> Now what the heck is this Aurora you chaps are talking about ?
> is it the same carriages  etc or  just the name has been lifted .
> 

The NSWRTM has preserved a number of ex-SA aurora cars and with two of
their other stainless steel cars it provides a reasonable replica of
what the old SA used to look like. Since it is basically a Southern
Aurora set, they call their tours <insert name here> Aurora. I
personally don't see any problem with this and I think it is a good idea
to cash in on the name and reputation of the original name when they do
provide a train that looks almost the same.

> Oh while on a roll with 20 questions   what happened to the old spirit of
> Progress  also not a bad train in its day ?
> Thanks look forward to catching up on this data
> 

Most of the cars were converted back to broad gauge and were used on
V/Line intrastate services. Some were later sold to West Coast Railway
and preservation groups such as Steamrail and SRHC.

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- James Brook -

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