>The coninuing discussion about the Overland service and the alleged
>conspiracy into its demise (ha ha) and a post about Westrail not having
>first class prompted me to recall my trip on the Prospector. It also
>reminded me of a recent artciel I saw whereby Westrail was looking to
>get new rollingstock to replace the Prospector fleet.
>Well, why not run them as a day service Melbourne to Adelaide and vice
>versa? If only as trial? They are standard gauge so they will run on the
>standard gauge line and should be able to tack along at a reasonable
>speed for at least part of the journey.
>cheers Peter
It is highly unlikely that the Prospector railcars could be used Melbourne -
Adelaide due to the size of the cars. The Prospector cars were built to the
Australian Standard loading guage, to which only the Sydney suburban passenger
lines, the Commonwealth Railways lines and Westrail standard gauge line were
built. All other lines have height and/or width restrictions which would
preclude their operation.
John McCallum