Re: Upgraded XPTs???

Michael Walker (walker@hotkey.net.au)
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 17:29:05 +1000

Bob wrote in message <352B9BAC.B68B84DC@fastlink.com.au>...
>While driving to work this afternoon I just caught the end of a news
>story that was about an announcement to spend $150M to upgrade the XPT
>fleet. The announcer babbled something about new engines . Can anyone
>confirm this?
>Bob
>
I would have thought $150m would go quite some way to REPLACING the fleet
with modern, faster trains.