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

[Michael <mk@netstra.com.au>]

Hi,

What about standard guaging an R class as someone suggested here a few
months ago ;-) 

In all seriousness however, wouldnt a mainline loco do damage to the tram
track due to different track profile? Or is this not affected on track
that is not concreted? 

Besides, all the uppity Port Melbourne people (no offence to these people
who choose an expensive lifestyle and drive expensive cars) wouldnt
reduce themselves to something that is old and dirty, would they? 

Regards
Michael

David McLoughlin scribbled something with a chicken feather on 14/07/1999
in <378C1288.4EA8@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
>