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Re: Anybody notice that there were no W-Class trams in Melbourne today!

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Anybody notice that there were no W-Class trams in Melbourne today!
From: "David Proctor" <daproc@spamsux.bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 19:40:27 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <01bda48f$a9068fa0$1b12680a@zmet250d.deetya.gov.au> <1998070318373800.OAA01016@ladder01.news.aol.com> <6nkpnr$qrg$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <u7JO325p9GA.211@upnetnews05> <359F3698.6EE4580C@klever.net.au> <899642428.112298@woody.hotkey.net.au> <6nshjp$irn$1@wolfman.xtra.co.nz>

M.B. and C.M.McDonald wrote in message <6nshjp$irn$1@wolfman.xtra.co.nz>...

>There's a market for the sailing ships and DC3's, just as there's a market
>for the W's.

Agreed - as tourist operations, NOT for RPT (Regular Public Transport)
usage!

>Back in '82 I enjoyed a trip in a DC3 from Cairns to Normaton,
>thence to Croydon by Gulflander, and back to Cairns by DC3.

Quite nice - I wouldn't mind doing it myself - but if I am travelling from
Sydney to Melboring on business, I want to get there as quickly and as
comfortably as possible - hence 737's, A320's or 767's.

Hope this helps,

David "The Doctor" Proctor
daproc@spamsux.bigfoot.com

References:
- Re: Anybody notice that there were no W-Class trams in Melbourne today!
  - From: crookesp@aol.com (Crookesp)
- Re: Anybody notice that there were no W-Class trams in Melbourne today!
  - From: "John Wayman" <bushwalker@email.msn.com>
- Re: Anybody notice that there were no W-Class trams in Melbourne today!
  - From: "Michael Walker" <walker@hotkey.net.au>
- Re: Anybody notice that there were no W-Class trams in Melbourne today!
  - From: "M.B. and C.M.McDonald" <Michael.and.Colleen.Mcdonald@xtra.co.nz>

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