Re: My trip to Adelaide (was The overland - input wanted)

David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
26 Apr 1998 01:59:57 GMT

Michael Walker (walker@hotkey.net.au) wrote:
>>3? I only recall the Southern Aurora and the Spirit of Progress. I dont
>>recall which was the day one and which the night but I don't recall a
>>third train. Mind you I was only young then. What was the third train?
>>
>The InterCapital Daylight was the third and ran during the day.

The Daylight didn't run on Sundays.

When the Aurora and SoP were merged, the ICD often had Victorian VFK
saloon cars and a VRS buffet car. The first time I travelled on the
Daylight in 1989 there was an ABS dining car rather than a VRS.

Cheers
David