Re: Melbourne-Adelaide Steam Rail Tour, why not?

Keith Malcolm (keithm@happy.dca.gov.au)
Mon, 2 Feb 1998 09:32:14 GMT

In article <mauried.457.34D58BF8@commslab.gov.au> mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly) writes:
>From: mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)
>Subject: Re: Melbourne-Adelaide Steam Rail Tour, why not?
>Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 09:03:52 GMT

>In article <6b3dpu$4ns$2@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net> telljb@ozemail.com.au
>(Tell) writes:
>>From: telljb@ozemail.com.au (Tell)
>>Subject: Re: Melbourne-Adelaide Steam Rail Tour, why not?
>>Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 03:16:50 GMT

>>David_Arblaster@nospam.dse.vic.gov.au (David A.) wrote:
>If we accept that it could be viable to run a diesel hauled pass, with
vintage >diesels,then how about using diesels that have never run between Melb
and >Adelaide ,either on BG or SG.
>Can anyone comment on whether a B class has ever gotten to Adelaide.
>If so , a good combination totally foreign to the line would be a 421 + 43 or
>if the 421 is to close to an S ,how about a 43 plus a BHP K class.
>Getting a Westrail L class would be a bit too hard.

>cheers
>MD

How about a few of the infamous 73 classes (insert much laughter here).
They never ran in Vic or SA.

David Malcolm