Re: Robinvale weekender and 3801+3830 trips.

["Anthony Tubbs" <swanstontrams@ozemail.com.au>]

James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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>     I noticed on the back of a tour brochure in the latest Steamrail
> mailout that the Robinvale tour was still on over the Easter weekend
> next year. As you all probably know by now, that is when the 38's are
> coming down from NSW. If the 38 tour goes ahead I hope that Steamrail
> doesn't try to compete with that. All they would succeed in doing is to
> split up the railfan market, and I think they would lose. How can a D3
> and K tour compete with what the ARHS is planning, a parallel run with
> double headed 38's and double headed R classes back from Wodonga to
> Melbourne on Good Friday and a trip behind the 38's to Ararat on the
> Monday. This is especially annoying for the railfans because I am pretty
> sure that I'm not the only one who would like to go on the Robinvale
> weekender and the 38 tours. This sort of competition doesn't do anyone
> any good. I'm not trying to bag Steamrail here. I'm a member and I like
> many of the things that Steamrail does. Their carriages are maintained
> to a high standard and so are their locos and they operate many
> interesting tours. I personally think that Steamrail should just forget
> about the Robinvale tour over the Easter weekend and operate it on some
> other date. I hope they don't repeat what happened in February with the
> ARE Portland tour and the Steamrail Sea Lake tour.
>
> --
> - James Brook -
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Hi there

I vote for Robinvale :-)

Regards
Anthony Tubbs