Re: The Great South Pacific Express

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Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote in message
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> There was also a scene of an electric loco hauling the train through
> Proserpine!
> Proserpine electrified???? Since when? I don't remember reading about that
in RNV!
1770 + another GM version of the 48 class( 1720 class-all noise and goes
nowhere) were on the Cairns-- Mareeba run. 3908 from Rocky to Roma St. NR23
to Siddey. I presume a junior NR (2800) runs it from Cairns to Rocky.
NMF
> Regards
> Roderick Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor
>
> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
> <373B066E.85937209@ozemail.com.au>...
> > > Getaway next Thursday on 9 network is story on "The Orient Express in
> > > Australia". May be OK..only trouble we will probably have to watch a
> boring NR
> > > on the front! Yawn Yawn.
> > > 442
> > Only for about 2 seconds.  Too much crap and not enough train (typical
of
> all
> > these types of programs).
>