Re: Overland cars for West Coast Rail

[petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)]

On 20 Dec 1998 13:12:17 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
wrote:

>Yuri J Sos (steam4me@enternet.com.au) wrote:
>> I suggested the ELs as I was trying to be practical.
>
>They would be more use between Melbourne and Sydney on a sleeper service.
>140km/h in NSW and 130km/h in Victoria and stopping only at Albury, Junee,
>Goulburn and Campbelltown means a bit under 12 hours. 20.45 departure and
>7.30 arrival is perfect for an overnight sleeping car service.
>
>Cheers
>David

Sounds like the Southern Aurora of past times. It even skipped Junee
and the Goulburn loco crew went to Albury. 

You still have the problem the Southern Aurora faced; the all stations
local trains in Sydney and Melbourne. Still it is worth a try,
especially if the private owners are game enough to legally force the
track authority to give them a clear track. I assume the track
authority charges the train owners big bucks so in return the train
should be given a fast timetable slot through the commuter traffic.

Cheers
Peter Cokley