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Re: GSR Intermediate stops
- Subject: Re: GSR Intermediate stops
- From: krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )
- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 03:24:01 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:49:09 +1000, "Michael Walker"
<walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
>>>Too bad if you book after the train has left FSS.
>>
>>How long has the Overland (or The Ghan) been running from Flinders St?
>>
>It hasn't! Perhaps we can use the TALGO technology mentioned at great length
>recently to change the train from standard gauge to broad gauge so it can go
>round the viaduct to what the Hillside site describes as 'the world's fourth
>longest platform'. Then again, it might just be quicker to catch a suburban
>train round...
>
>Having said that, if it ever happened that the Clifton Hill viaduct track
>was dual gauged, it would be quite awesome to see The Ghan pull out from
>Platform 1 at Flinders Street.
BL's and G's are not permitted on the old viaduct so I would guess
that NR's wouldn't be either. So that means using the Through Suburban
Lines that can only access Platforms 7,8, 9 & 10 and 9A track.
I suppose the RTS J class could haul the train as far as Spencer
Street ;-).
Cheers
Krel
Steamfreight 99 at Victorian Goldfields Railway - July 17-18 1999.
VGR website http://www.castlemaine.net.au/~vgr/
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