Hi Steve
On (09 Jun 97) Steve Asher wrote to Alec Cameron...
 AC> The O'seas RAILFANS messages seem to have dried up. Yours is
 AC> the first I have seen in a week.
 SA> Yes, there was a change of Fido hub in Sydney on May 31st...should 
 SA> just be teething problems.
Yes that is a likely cause. Toothache is a burden!
 SA> The Semaphore branch closed in 1978, due in part from pressure
 SA> from traders who felt the train interfered with business. It
 SA> was replaced by a bus for a few years, but now only has a feeder
 SA> bus service which does not serve the jetty. Of course, the traders
 SA> are lamenting the loss of customers that the train brought to their
 SA> street.
Wise after the event. Hindsight is no great asset, it comes too late to be
effective. It's nice to anticipate the return of trams to Sydney.
 SA> with standardisation & rerouting through Geelong instead of
 SA> Ballarat, the Overland is probably slower than when you rode it :)
Living in Bundanoon has its amusements. The fastest stopping train to Sydney
[Cityrail, 5 seats wide, no frills] is faster than the express service
[2 seats wide, seats booked, food and grog]. Reason being, a difference in
route details.
 SA> In winter, millipedes swarm on the rails, & cause wheel slip.
You got the priorities reversed! In winter the trains run down the millipedes
and cause great carnage.
Cheers....ALEC
... ........The hasty and the slow meet at the ferry
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