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Re: Passenger train service resumes Cairns-Forsayth
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Passenger train service resumes Cairns-Forsayth
- From: dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Date: 2 Sep 1998 04:31:47 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Roy Marshall (marsh@zip.com.au) wrote:
> Roy Howarth wrote:
> > The original Forsayth mixed (known as "The Last Great Train Ride") was
> > quite popular when I experienced it in Jan. 1995. I think the
> > Savannahlander (who made that one up?) suffers from using ordinary silver
> > railcars when something more akin to the olde-style "mixed" would be more
> > of an attraction to prospective passengers wanting that outback
> > experience.
> The only thing I can't work out is where would you stay when you get to
> Almaden on the down and Mount Surprise on the up if you do the round
> trip?
Just like at Forsayth - at the pub.
Cheers
David