Re: Re: XPT's Reduced

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

On Sun, 06 May 2001 15:01:16 +1000, Dion Williams
<onamission@today.com.au> wrote:

>David Johnson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 06:35:18 GMT, (Jack) wrote:
>> 
>> >From April 29 when the XPT fleet should return to 2 XP's plus 6
>> >trailers, it looks as tho the sets will be further reduced to 5 cars.
>> 
>> Someone should have told bookings before they did it.
>
>Not sure if they'll have to make too many adjustments; ST4 left Spencer
>St this morning (6/5) with 5 cars and about three people in each car
>(says he who was catching the Skybus to the airport on the other side of
>the platform fence :))

There were about 50 people left behind on NT-1 last week, I'm told.

Interestingly, I sighted ST-1 this evening with 6 trailers in the
consist.


David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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