Re: QR Moree extension

["Michael Walker" <walker@hotkey.net.au>]

>It doesn't cost any less to run a goods to Dirranbandi today than it did
>when the passenger car/van was attached. They carry drovers on the trains
>in special cars, so why not ordinary passengers?
>
>You'd only need to run a train, say, twice weekly as a composite sleeping
>car and a sitting car attached to a container train. Toowoomba (for
>dinner) and Goondawindi (for breakfast) have refreshment rooms so you
>shouldn't need a dining car.
>
Based on that logic, I have an idea!
Why not, to save time and money on a service run more as a public service
than a profitable concern, attach the Overland cars to a Melbourne-Adelaide
freight. They could go next to the loco for head end power if required and
wouldn't cause as many problems with crosses and things. Indeed, attached to
a superfreighter, it may well improve on the present timetable. 8^)