Re: GSR Intermediate stops

[David Guymer <davidmg@optusnet.com.au>]

MSS! (Macauley Stabling Sidings). That would be almost as bad as FSS. Try
SSS.
David G.

Krel wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:32:27 +1000, David Johnson
> <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> >Krel wrote:
> >
> >> Until the new timetable we used to slow down "for a look" at the
> >> platform at Stawell. Nowadays GSR say the train does not stop so we
> >> sail through at track speed. All designated stops on the Overland are
> >> fully reserved stops. We don't even slow down if there is no one
> >> booked on or off. It took a little getting used to but I guess it
> >> makes sense.
> >
> >Too bad if you book after the train has left FSS.
> >
> a). the Overland does not depart from FSS (Flinders Street Station).
> The ride would be too bumpy. It departs from MSS (Melbourne, Spencer
> Street).
>
> b). GSR train managers (and NRC crews) have mobile phone so 'help is
> just a phone call away'.
>
> Cheers
>
> Krel
>
> Steamfreight 99 at Victorian Goldfields Railway - July 17-18 1999.
>
> VGR website http://www.castlemaine.net.au/~vgr/
>
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