Strange car on Overdue
Rita and Kevin Lawrence (KREL4203@NETCONNECT.COM.AU)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:58:05 +1100
>
>G'day,
>
>whilst slumbering on the 0746 Sth Geelong pass, I was awoken by the
>passing Overdue....behind the motorail wagon, there was what appeared to
>be a 'J' type carriage, but with the maroon portion painted blue (kinda
>like the old "Vinelander" sleepers). Can anyone confirm what this
>vehicle is? One source tells me Bluebird Rail have an ex-Overdue car
>which is converted to a sortof composite car, and that may have been it.
>
Yep, Most likely it was BMC1 which is owned by Bluebird Rail. It is very
nicely fitted out as a business car and comes across to Melbourne every
couple of months or so. I thnk it is an ex-bluebird trailer car but am not sure.
cheers
Krel
- Kevin Lawrence (Krel)
"When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep just like my grandfather.
Not screaming and scared shitless like his passengers."