Re: Off to Sydney

["Grahame Ferguson" <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au>]

Grahame Ferguson wrote in message <3770c360@nap-ns1>...
>
>Thommo wrote in message ...
>>I am anticipating a railfan trip to Sydney next week catching the daylight
>>XPT from Benalla. What I propose to do is this. Alight the train at
>Goulburn
>>(that is if it stops there) and catch an intra city endeavour to Bundanoon
>>for an overnight stay. "There's a motel right opposite the railway".The
>>following day catch an early morning service into the city for a day of
>>riding the sparks, (any interesting choices of lines, eg busy freight
lines
>>or depot visits?). Then catch an evening service to Bundanoon .The
>following
>>day make a daylight connection home again on the XPT.
>>
>>Questions
>>: Am I making the right connections?
>>: What are other XPT set down stops if not
>>  Goulburn?
>>Any other info I would appreciate greatly.
>>
>>Regards
>>Thommo
>>
>>
>The Motel opposite the Station from memory is the Alpine Lodge Motel on
>02-4821 2930.  The best idea is to catch the up Explorer the next morning.
>GF.
>
Further to my last posting:-
To be precise, the motel I am talking about is in Goulburn, and the up
Explorer is the up  Canberra, ex Goulburn at 0815, arriving Sydney at
1056hrs.
Yes, Goulburn, Bundanoon, and Moss Vale are very cold and foggy on winter
mornings, more so than NE Victoria.