Re: Note from the Alice.

["T & J Jones" <jonest@senet.com.au>]

I understand that weekly there are now fewer but longer trains to Alice
Springs?

Regards

Tom
< Tell > <telljb@netozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> The Alice Springs rail yards have had the look of
> neglect about them for some time now with weeds and
> rubbish everywhere.  Nice to report that somebody has
> decided to clean the place up a bit, considering it is
> right in the guts of the Town, it is kind of hard not
> too miss.
> The previous owner AN, did try to keep up appearances.
>
> Meanwhile NRC still insist on entering and leaving the
> yards with very long trains via the gantry road at a
> snails pace.  Because of the convoluted entrance to the
> gantry road the speed is _very_ slow.  Last Sunday at
> 12 noon a long train departed with a huge amount of
> traffic held at the Larapinta level crossing.
> This is only aggravating the situation and giving the
> people who want the line to bypass Alice more ammo.!
> Why they insist on using this line and not the "normal"
> entrance used by AN in days of old probably has
> something to do with efficiency NRC style.
>
> ----Terry Burton
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