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Re: QR Moree extension

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: QR Moree extension
From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
Date: 17 Jun 1998 13:16:38 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia
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M.B. and C.M.McDonald (Michael.and.Colleen.Mcdonald@xtra.co.nz) wrote:
>When I visited Charleville last March I thought that support was a bit
>thin.  Would dearly love to see a well-filled passenger train.  A loco
>breakdown meant that all 16 passengers for the 6 or 7-carriage train to
>Brisbane had to be conveyed by mini-bus to Morven.  Maximum loading on the
>train can't have been any higher than 30.

I take the point that loading can be a bit light, but it is merely a
glorified mixed train. If QR invested in some modern diesel railcars
(maybe a version of the Australind) and ran a daylight service things
might be different. 

Cheers
David

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