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Re: 37 Car Ghan to leave Adelaide, November 16.
- To: "< Tell >" <telljb@ozemail.com.au>
- Subject: Re: 37 Car Ghan to leave Adelaide, November 16.
- From: arthur marsh <marsh@ties.itu.int>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 17:33:19 +0100
- In-Reply-To: <365453c8.6522662@news.ozemail.com.au>
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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- Xref: news.mel.aone.net.au aus.rail:35938
That would be a bit longer than the 665 metre long Indian Pacific that I
travelled in just after the October 1996 long weekend from Sydney to
Adelaide. What is the record length for an Australian passenger train
(excluding mixed trains)?
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, < Tell > wrote:
> The Adelaide Advertiser has reported that Great
> Southern will be running a 37 car Ghan to the Alice on
> the 16th of this month.
> The consist will include, 15 1st class sleepers, 8
> first class lounges and diners, 2 holiday class
> sleepers, one each holiday lounge and diner, 2 coach
> class, 1 crew car, 2 power vans, 3 motorail flats.
>
> 896 metres for 1904 tonnes to be hauled by 2 NR class.
>
> It will be a record breaking train for GSR, the report
> added. It would also appear that the 2 NR's are
> included in the 37.!
>
> Cheers
>
> ----Terry Burton
>
>
>