Re: [Melb] New trains?

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> From my experience, the sleeping cars on QR's narrow gauge between
Brisbane
> and Rockhampton rode far better than those on Amtrak, which has to use
> private freight lines of standard gauge for the most part.  Between
> Flagstaff and Albuquerque there were a few bad patches which almost threw
> you off your feet.

I was scalded once just north of Los Angeles on the Coast Starlight (or
whatever it is that runs from Los Angeles to Portland) - and all it was was
the rough ride making my cup of coffee shake rattle and roll.

Dave