A terrible loss! My father did all that lovely upholstery & made many of those articulated leather carriage joiners. Many great memories of trips on this train.
Queensland recently sold off its fleet of M class lander passenger carriages it's a shame nobody thought of purchasing a bunch to run a privately owned luxury passenger train for daily service along that route. There were dining carriages, sitting first & economy carriages, buffet carriages and sleeper/sitting cars available that needed very little sproosing up for use again as they were in regular daily services just before they were floged off
@@pamheazlewood9259 An 'express' train is a train that doesn't stop at many stations and travels non-stop through others, so in the Tasman Ltd's case, because it had limited stops, it was an express train.
33% cost recovery as mentioned in the narration is around the norm for passenger trains. V/Line's extensive Victorian rail and bus service has a cost recovery that's less than 33%, however because it carries so many passengers at cheaper fares than expected, it keeps many cars off the roads, which improves the quality of life for car drivers who have no choice than to drive, helps the environment and provides travel for people with disabilities, low incomes and people under driving age with a means to get about. So, frequent public transport at low fares actually facilitates travel, but the state government operator has to understand its role in the community. Public transport was never meant to operate at a profit. In 1978, it was all about cars and passenger trains were considered to be generally dying out. How wrong the economists of the time were.
A terrible loss! My father did all that lovely upholstery & made many of those articulated leather carriage joiners. Many great memories of trips on this train.
Queensland recently sold off its fleet of M class lander passenger carriages it's a shame nobody thought of purchasing a bunch to run a privately owned luxury passenger train for daily service along that route. There were dining carriages, sitting first & economy carriages, buffet carriages and sleeper/sitting cars available that needed very little sproosing up for use again as they were in regular daily services just before they were floged off
Oh what we have lost! Heartbreaking!😂🍎🎟️📢🛄
Ex NZR DE-class locomotive & livery
I'd love a trip on it now, as a tourist venture it should work as the railway is there now , at least through the summer months
Great footage of the greatest express train of all - the Tasman Limited
Hmmmm...'Express'....surely you jest. ;o)=)
@@pamheazlewood9259 An 'express' train is a train that doesn't stop at many stations and travels non-stop through others, so in the Tasman Ltd's case, because it had limited stops, it was an express train.
At 70kph top speed, I think not
Good production. Do you have anymore Tales of the Track, Bill Brundle narrative and Dennis Hewitt written . 1996 North East Branch?
33% cost recovery as mentioned in the narration is around the norm for passenger trains.
V/Line's extensive Victorian rail and bus service has a cost recovery that's less than 33%, however because it carries so many passengers at cheaper fares than expected, it keeps many cars off the roads, which improves the quality of life for car drivers who have no choice than to drive, helps the environment and provides travel for people with disabilities, low incomes and people under driving age with a means to get about.
So, frequent public transport at low fares actually facilitates travel, but the state government operator has to understand its role in the community. Public transport was never meant to operate at a profit.
In 1978, it was all about cars and passenger trains were considered to be generally dying out. How wrong the economists of the time were.
Pity the NSW government wasn't that smart about regional rail passenger transport.
The photo at 7:10 is from my collection and there is no credit for it. Why is that?
This is where it is from:
www.brownfam.com.au/rollah/rollah.htm
"Written by Dennis Hewitt"! Is that Joan's Dennis?
Love Bill Brundles airplane stuff.
Nice video