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> peter berrett <pberrett@tbsa.com.au> writes:
> > Hi all
> >
> > The coninuing discussion about the Overland service and the alleged
> > conspiracy into its demise (ha ha) and a post about Westrail not having
> > first class prompted me to recall my trip on the Prospector. It also
> > reminded me of a recent artciel I saw whereby Westrail was looking to
> > get new rollingstock to replace the Prospector fleet.
> >
>
> > Well, why not run them as a day service Melbourne to Adelaide and vice
> > versa? If only as trial? They are standard gauge so they will run on the
> > standard gauge line and should be able to tack along at a reasonable
> > speed for at least part of the journey.
> >
> > cheers Peter
>
> There was some talk of WAGR upgrading its SG railcar fleet, however the idea was
> to continue with the Comeng built budds running other services.
>
> The demand for commuter services ex Northam, as I understand it, is the impetus
> for the upgrade.There was something published in The Bulletin of Digest methinks
>
> BTW I vaguely recall the day the Prospector came to town at SX, and all us
> little ankle biters got a ride (though I can't recall where) when they were
> first introduced.
>
> My old man took a pic which I ran in the previous ed (68) of "The Party Line"
>
> Can a sandgroper add more?
I wish you Sandgropers would hurry up and add that long awaited service
to Geraldton. It would be a grouse way to go and see the dophins at
Monkey mia.
cheers peter