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Re: XPT's Reduced
- Subject: Re: XPT's Reduced
- From: "Dave Proctor" <david@sd3.mailbank.com>
- Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 09:17:56 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Giganews.Com - Premium News Outsourcing
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- Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:36706
"Marc Hunt" <tcpkl@po.jaring.my> wrote in message
news:9cvvs0$ijg$1@news5.jaring.my...
> (snip)
> >The only sticking point to this plan is where to stow the extra 7
> >trailers that will come off the sets..
>
> Maintrain.
> (snip)
>
> How about putting 3 of them behind an 80 Class and resurecting the Broken
> Hill train and the other three could be used for Griffith with one car
spare
Problem with that is they only have 9 XBR's and they still require 8 of
them. How would they provide buffet facilities? (I know, trolley service
would be good, they could work it from temporary facilities, but the union
has banned this).
Dave