Re: Overland Facilities

Roderick Smith (rodsmith@werple.net.au)
10 Apr 1998 12:09:50 GMT

For Easter GSR expanded both Overland sets, and added a CDF to each (as
well as the RBJ). The CDFs are of the style modified to be holiday-class
dining cars, with tables. Each train had extra on-train staff: I can't be
sure whethere there were three or whether there were four.
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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor


John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au> wrote in article 
> The writer described how on a normal long train journey one can spend
> time in a lounge car, but that of course is not possible on the
> Overland as there is only a takeaway buffet.  He then went on to write
> about trying to balance a meal and a bottle of wine on his knees in
> the roomette, because there is no table.  Is this true, or did he
> either travel in a faulty compartment or miss something?  
> If the article is true then there is little hope for the Overland,
> IMO.