Re: R711 sighting

[david <david@nmit.vic.edu.au>]

Michael Kurkowski wrote:

> Well i dont really know if you can call it a 'sighting' but i just saw an
> ad for Westcoast Railways on channel 10 about 5 minutes ago (12:31am
> Wednesday July 14 1999). The ad featured none other than R711 at the helm
> of what appeared to be it's usual saturday service
>
> Regards
> Michael

Yikes !  TV adverts on travelling by rail ! If West Coast can get a advert
up, I wonder if the rest of the private operators will. Raising the public
awareness, good move. It was a surprise to see a R on tv, and not have the
PLAY light on the VCR on !

Regards,
David Head