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The Ghan
- Subject: The Ghan
- From: Neil Waller <nwaller@denr.sa.gov.au>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 08:14:37 +1030
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Department of Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs
A bit of trivia but then what are we here for?
The west bound Ghan ran through Unley Park at 2045 on 17th December
empty. This would be about 9 hours late and was due to hold ups
due to some prat leaving a truck on a level crossing at Cookes Plains
which (the truck that is) was hit by a NR frieght with a total damage
bill of $500000 or thereabouts including considerable damage to the
NRC locomotive (presumably an NR), estimated by NRC at being at least
$200000. Apparently the truck was spread over 500 metres or so, so
the train must have been moving at some speed.
GSR presumably took the passengers off by bus and formed a new Ghan
to Alice Springs ex Adelaide since all was quite at Keswick at 2100.
There was a load of cars on the Ghan. OK if they were from Melbourne
to Adelaide but what if they were Melbourne - Alice Springs? The
next GSR train isn't due until Tuesday.
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Neil Waller (nwaller@denr.sa.gov.au)
Department of Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs
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