Re: Melbourn, haven for loco haul

[dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Rob Kearey (r.kearey@mailbox.uq.edu.au) wrote:
> jdennis@acslink.net.au wrote:

> >   dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> > > thalytgv@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> > > > According to Railway Digest, Melbourne's Stony Point line is the last
> > > > place in Australia with locohaul suburban train since Bayside trains is
> > > > resposible for its operation.
> > >
> > > Yet another example of RD talking on fast forward while their collective
> > > brains are on rewind. Have they been to Brisbane?
> > 
> > I think they must spend so much, time thinking of, places to put, meaningless
> > commas in, their articles that, they, forget sometimes to get the accuracy,
> > right.

> C'mon, be fair - they say that /after/ the SX sets are displaced by 30
> new EMU sets (will they be more SMU's?) early next year, the Stony Point
> line will be the last suburban loco-hauled service.

Unless Stony Point has railcars by then. There are at least three
different plans for this using 4 different types of railcar.

Cheers
David