Re: The Overland

John Dennis (jdennis@acslink.net.au)
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 13:24:27 GMT

On 15 Apr 1998 07:34:55 GMT, "Adam Joyce" <NoSpam_adamj@senet.com.au>
wrote:

>I was wondering if anyone could give me some basic information/history on
>The Overland. For example, the year it commenced service, whether it ever
>made a profit, how many cars it used to consist of compared to now, etc.
>etc.
>
>Any info. would be very much appreciated.

Last year (?) Rail News Victoria ran a series of articles on the
Overland. There is also a hard-cover book called "The Overland
Railway" (W.H.Callaghan) which answers many of these questions.

Cheers...JD
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