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Re: Overland 114 years old today (Jan 19)
- Subject: Re: Overland 114 years old today (Jan 19)
- From: dongbert@my-deja.com
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:11:36 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Deja.com
- References: <949aqh$776$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:29082
> Today (19/Jan) is Overland's 114th anniversary:-)
This may be a dumb question, and no doubt subject to flames from IYB
(now reinvented as fuitbet), but are there any checks and balances in
place to protect the Overland as the oldest continuously running named
train in Aus? I mean, if GSR decide to dump it for economic reasons,
which is their right, is it 'heritage listed' like the Gulflander so
that someone will have to keep it running? I know the rolling stock
is 'only' about 40 years old, but I'm thinking more of the fact that
the train has run as the Overland - regardless of stock - for 114 years.
Dongbert.
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