Tranzscenic are running steam engines on selected saturday service , between now and September .
http://www.tranzscenic.co.nz/services/steamengine.aspx
it is interesting to see them try this , saturday loadings in Winter are probably light , so any extra revenue is probably welcome .
there will be extra costs as well , so hopefully they will get decent patronage . They are advertising it on nationwide t.v .
No mention is made of extra running time , perhaps theres enough padding in the schedule to cover it , more likely , theyll just run the train late , the traditional NZR way . These trains suffer from summer heat restrictions , so i would think there is extra padding to allow for that , and they running pretty well ontime in winter .
http://www.tranzscenic.co.nz/services/steamengine.aspx
it is interesting to see them try this , saturday loadings in Winter are probably light , so any extra revenue is probably welcome .
there will be extra costs as well , so hopefully they will get decent patronage . They are advertising it on nationwide t.v .
No mention is made of extra running time , perhaps theres enough padding in the schedule to cover it , more likely , theyll just run the train late , the traditional NZR way . These trains suffer from summer heat restrictions , so i would think there is extra padding to allow for that , and they running pretty well ontime in winter .
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The only train trips I regret are the ones I didn't take.
The only train trips I regret are the ones I didn't take.