Re: 150 years of rail in Aust. - Flying Scotsman

[David McLoughlin <davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz>]

David Bromage wrote:

> The thing about 2004 is it would be a purely Victorian event. You couldn't
> get a steam loco anywhere near Port Melbourne, except on the back of a truck.

Surely it would be possible to get a standard gauge steam loco from NSW,
and maybe even carriages, which could then be run over the tram line
from the Port Junction to the end of the ballast track at the terminus? 
Such a feat would attract a lot of media attention.

Maybe steam trains could replace the trams for the week on the ballasted
section. It would certainly increase the patronage as the world's
gunzels descended on the line.


David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand