Re: [QLD]Yaraka and Hugenden mixed trains

["Kerry" <kerry@capebyron.com>]

It amazes me how railways seem to do their best to eradicate as much of
their past as possible in their constant attempt to move freight and people
as efficiently as possible. The Yaraka mixed certainly has tourist
possibilities. The GulfLander is a prime example. Whoever would have wanted
to travel on "that thing" 20 years ago.

I wonder why the people of Blackall and Yaraka don't petition QR to retain
their last passenger  service like the people of Croydon and Normanton did.

In Japan the railways actually preserved some of their own steam locos and
roundhouses. Unfortunately they forgot to preserve some old passenger
carriages. That's in Kyoto anyway, here the tourists ride the steam trains
in modern air conditioned carriages and watch steam train movies with sound!
Here are some pictures of Kyoto roundhouse. Check the locos
http://members.tripod.com/kerryww/kyotoroundhouse/Default.htm

Kerry
kerry@capebyron.com


"James C." <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> "> I would THINK that a TGV van  would be more "crash resistant" that the
> > "Gulflander" rail moror, but I won't tell QR that, or they will use it
as
> an
> > excuse to withdraw THAT train! The total nonsense that I am getting from
> QR on
> > the mixed trains, if taken "as read" would mean that trains such as the
> > "Savannahlander" would be withdrwan for "safety" reasons. But QR are NOT
> that
> > STUPID. . . are they?
>
> Few years back "Trains" used to profile small railroad or regional
railroad
> companies arcoss the US(I think they still do)
> Once they profiled a small railroad company which attach a caboose at the
> back of their freight train as a mail train for tourist/railfans to
> expereince one of the very few places you can take mix train in the US
(That
> is if you don't take account into Amtrak mail service).  This proved to be
a
> success and many tourists flow from all over US to ride on this mix
service.
>
> Maybe some marketing strategy needed for QR....
>
> Cheers
> James
>
>