Re: Trains Article Mentioned in NSW Parliament

[Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au>]

James and Catherine Dixon wrote:

> The Sydney Morning Herald reported today (27/5) that the February Trains
> Article was mentioned in the NSW Parliament by the Oppostion's Spokesman on
> Transport, Michael Photios.  He grabbed on the paragraphs that described
> travelling on the XPT as like riding in a cement mixer.
>
> The full article is at http://www.smh.com.au/news/9805/27/local/index.html
>
> 2Day FM descibed Train's Magazine as 'An influential American Travel
> Magazine' !!
>
> Considering this was in February's edition (ie 3 months ago) you can hardly
> accuse Photios or the media of being up to date.

You could hardly call Trains an influential American travel magazine but you
could call it a railfan magazine. The guy that wrote the article was no one I'd
ever heard of and no doubt an average US railfan that got paid for an article
he wrote about his holiday down under.
Bob