| Author |
Message |
DavidB
Site Admin
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
Last Visited: Jan 25, 2007
Location: Canberra
contact
|
post
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:28 pm
|
GSR says it will not carry caravans on motorail. When did the Ghan stop carrying caravans? My grandparents put their car and caravan on the Ghan in 1982.
Cheers
David
|
|
 |
bevans
Site Admin
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
Last Visited: Dec 2, 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:52 pm
|
What is also the most amazing bad timing and management by the victorian government is the closure of the motorail dock at Spencer Street, just prior to people wanting to book their cars to Darwin!
Regards,
Brian
|
|
|
KngtRider
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Jan 16, 2003
Last Visited: Nov 1, 2008
Location: http://www.nitroware.net
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 4:10 pm
|
|
I know up till the mid or late 80s the Ghan and the Alice had flat cars for caravans, as I saw in a documentary, quite a few flatcars too.
|
|
|
Sammy D
Chief Commissioner
Joined: May 28, 2003
Last Visited: Dec 1, 2008
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 5:11 pm
|
|
Can you still load your car at melbourne or are you stuffed
Sammy D The Vice-President of the Diamond Valley Railway.
All comments are my own and do not reflect the views of the above mentioned railway unless otherwise stated.
|
|
|
bevans
Site Admin
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
Last Visited: Dec 2, 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 5:14 pm
|
| Sammy D wrote: | | Can you still load your car at melbourne or are you stuffed |
You cannot load your car in Melbourne. There is NO motorail service on offer at Melbourne.
BE
Last edited by bevans on Sun Feb 01, 2004 5:25 pm; edited 1 time in total
|
|
|
Sammy D
Chief Commissioner
Joined: May 28, 2003
Last Visited: Dec 1, 2008
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 5:21 pm
|
|
Thats a bugger.
Sammy D The Vice-President of the Diamond Valley Railway.
All comments are my own and do not reflect the views of the above mentioned railway unless otherwise stated.
|
|
|
bevans
Site Admin
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
Last Visited: Dec 2, 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 5:25 pm
|
I rang to book for the Darwin service or the IP in May 2004. I was told there is no motorail service in Melbourne until October 2004.
Regards,
Brian
|
|
|
rhino
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Nov 28, 2003
Last Visited: Dec 2, 2008
Location: Oakbonk SA
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:56 am
|
That's good news - when I rang GSR last October I was told it could be anything up to 2 years. I asked if there was a facility to offload at Geelong and was told no - I would have thought that a temporary facility at Geelong would not have been too hard to organise. The motorail car could come off the train / be added to the train there without too much time being lost. 
Cheers, Rhino
|
|
|
T411
Moderator
Joined: Jun 09, 2003
Last Visited: Nov 30, 2008
Location: Somewhere
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:31 am
|
| rhino wrote: | | That's good news - when I rang GSR last October I was told it could be anything up to 2 years. I asked if there was a facility to offload at Geelong and was told no - I would have thought that a temporary facility at Geelong would not have been too hard to organise. The motorail car could come off the train / be added to the train there without too much time being lost. |
The station at Geelong (North Shore?) for SG is only about one or two carriage lengths long. No loop or siding nearby.
Is there a suitable siding in the area where a SG motorail wagon could be loaded/unloaded. Apart from the grain loop I don't recall reading/hearing of any other Geelong sidings being standarised.
"Its not an offence to drive like a prat, half of London does"
WPC Martella, The Bill, circa 1989
|
|
|
rhino
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Nov 28, 2003
Last Visited: Dec 2, 2008
Location: Oakbonk SA
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:46 am
|
You're probably right, I don't know what the facilities are like at Geelong, just that it was frustrating to have to change my holiday plans! 
Cheers, Rhino
|
|
|
T411
Moderator
Joined: Jun 09, 2003
Last Visited: Nov 30, 2008
Location: Somewhere
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:54 am
|
| rhino wrote: | | You're probably right, I don't know what the facilities are like at Geelong, just that it was frustrating to have to change my holiday plans! |
I think your idea is quite a reasonable one, although I don't know how long it takes to load/unload a motorail wagon.
This has been one of the problems with the Adelaide SG line, it is not possible (although slowly improving) for SG frieght to access anywhere in Geelong directly.
"Its not an offence to drive like a prat, half of London does"
WPC Martella, The Bill, circa 1989
|
|
|
ParkesHub
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Jul 29, 2003
Last Visited: Nov 30, 2008
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:57 pm
|
|
You could always send you car on a freight train in a 20' container. We do cars all the time especially ex-Perth. I'll see if I can get you a dollar figure.
|
|
|
rhino
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Nov 28, 2003
Last Visited: Dec 2, 2008
Location: Oakbonk SA
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:29 pm
|
|
Appreciate that, I'd never thought of putting the car in a container!
Cheers, Rhino
|
|
|
Sammy D
Chief Commissioner
Joined: May 28, 2003
Last Visited: Dec 1, 2008
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:33 pm
|
|
Wouldn't South Dynon have been a good tempoary Motorail spot.
Sammy D The Vice-President of the Diamond Valley Railway.
All comments are my own and do not reflect the views of the above mentioned railway unless otherwise stated.
|
|
|
T411
Moderator
Joined: Jun 09, 2003
Last Visited: Nov 30, 2008
Location: Somewhere
contact
|
post
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:40 pm
|
| Sammy D wrote: | | Wouldn't South Dynon have been a good tempoary Motorail spot. |
In theory yes. What is access like for the public getting their cars to a suitable siding and for constructing the relevant facilities?
"Its not an offence to drive like a prat, half of London does"
WPC Martella, The Bill, circa 1989
|
|
|
|
|
