Re: Summer Tourist Service- Tasmania

["Athan" <athan@trump.net.au>]

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In article <713vd6$1ru$1@jazz-1.trumpet.com.au>, "Athan"
<athan@trump.net.au> wrote:


>It was interesting to note the timetable for the new SeaCat service from
Melbourne to Georgetown in the summer holidays.  Given the Georgetown
terminals proximity to the Bell Bay line, perhpas TasRail could consider
allowing a shuttle passenger service to Hobart meeting the two scheduled
crossings?  Maybe the restored DP's currently being operated out of
Glenorchy would be adequate? Or better still, why not, with the two
preservation societies co-operation, run regular X class drawn trains?<



Someone from the Derwent Valley Preservation Society suggested (off line)
that
the problem with that suggestion is the speed limits placed on their rolling
stock.  Given the 10 hour return from Bell Bay-Melbourne-Bell Bay, surely
even vintage stock could make the return trip to Hobart in time to provide a
great tourist service?