Re: Overland via Ballarat question

[Mark Bau <markbau@earthlink.net>]

in article 01c08b86$89813a00$818a17d2@rodsmith, Roderick Smith at
rodsmith@werple.net.au wrote on 1/31/01 6:06 AM:

> 10 h 30 min was feasible before any work was done anywhere, but was never
> attempted.
> Preconversion schedules were always padded excessively.

If they were padded "excessively" the Overland shouldn't have been as late
as often as it was. In case you've forgotten, The Overland used to be called
"The Overdue" for good reason.  If the schedules were "padded excessively"
it would have been early or on time more often than late.

Mark