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

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

David McLoughlin wrote:

> 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

Nice idea, but unfortunately not practicable.
It would only be possible to run between the crossover near Montague
station(?)
to the end of the ballasted section, due to trackwork with tramway
flangeways
in the oether areas. Of course, there is also the problem of where to
stable
the train when not in use. There is no way of getting a train into
Southbank
Depot (tramway flangeways and VERY sharp curves).

John McCallum