Re: Monday (13/12/99) Night's Melb-Syd XPT

[stephen@turboweb.splat.spam.net.au (stephen)]

>From reading this it seems that the Melbourne bound XPT that left 
Sydney Monday morning, AND the Brisbane bound XPT that left Sydney 
Monday afternoon did not reach their respective destinations, but 
changed direction at Albury and Casino respectively with busses doing 
the Albury/Melbourne leg and the Casino/Brisbane leg!

Did the other XPTs get to their destinations!!??!!??

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:10:52, Graham Duffin 
<duffin@dyson.brisnet.org.au> wrote:

> Re Dave's comment below about NT1 ex Sydney 13/12/99:
> NT1 which left Sydney 13/12/99 was terminted at Casino on the Tuesday
> morning and passengers bussed to Brisbane arriving around 8.50 am.  NT2
> ex Brisbane on Tuesday 14/12/99 started from Casino with passengers
> bussed from Brisbane to Casino.  This was probably due to the power car
> change on NT1 at Central on Monday 13/12/99 delaying NT1 which was then
> turned around at Casino to get it back on time.
> 
> Graham Duffin,
> Salisbury, Qld.
> 
> "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> writes:
> > >stephen wrote in message ...
> > >What happened with this service that was supposed to leave Melbourne
> > >around 8.00 pm on Monday 13/12/99?
> > >
> > >My mother was bussed from Melbourne to Albury last night then XPT to
> > >Sydney. It seems it was about an hour late out of Albury, and about
> > >two hours late into Sydney. Passengers, including my mother, who thus
> > >missed the connection with the Sydney-Murwillumbah XPT were then
> > >bussed north.
> > >
> > >I'm simply curious as to what the problem was.
> > 
> > Dunno if it had any effect, BUT there was a power car change on NT1 -
> > Brisbane XPT at Central on Monday 13/12. *Perhaps* (you know, wild
> > speculation) there was some problem at Meeks Road, and ST3 left horribly
> > late, and they terminated it at Albury, and this stuffed things up all day?
> > 
> > Yet another example of the XPT fleet being over-utilised.
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > 
> 

Regards,

Stephen