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

John Dennis (jdennis@acslink.net.au)
Fri, 06 Feb 1998 03:59:08 GMT

>Well as a last resort,how about a pair of CPHs .
>ACT ARHS have 2 that work I beleive,one at least goes pretty fast,been in it a
>couple of times
>They seem pretty reliable,really ancient.
>In fact how far out of NSW has a CPH ever got,maybe not even to Albury.
>Would be cheap to run,the lack of airconditioning could be a problem,so travel
>in winter and then could use the gas heaters.
>Finding some ASR / PTC drivers who could drive one might be a bit problamatic.

When I was a lad, CPHs used to run between Junee and Albury, in fact I
am sure I have photographs of a number running in multiple. IIRC they
used to connect with the Riverina on the days it headed to Griffith,
or something like that.

In those far off days they were based at the various stations on the
south for the branch line services.

Cheers...JD
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