Re: Note from the Alice.

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

I assume that the approach to "minimise the shunting" in the Alice Springs
terminal makes the rail operation more efficient and therefore less
expensive?  Albeit that it may delay the road traffic at the crossing.

< Tell > <telljb@netozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "T & J Jones" <jonest@senet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > I understand that weekly there are now fewer but longer trains to Alice
> > Springs?
>
> Correct.
>
> NRC have taken advantage of double stack and long
> trains as pioneered by the previous Commonwealth
> operator up here and across to the West.
>
> They are to be commended for that, rail does not have a
> chance if it can not exploit the above.  Contrast this
> with the Adelaide Melbourne Sydney Brisbane national
> network, pure 19th century steam train stuff.
>
> In fairness to NRC, ANR saddled the standard gauge
> entrance into Alice Springs with some severe curves,
> there were a number of reasons why this happened, not
> the least of which is that it was narrow gauge before.
>
> I still think NRC are not helping the "cause" with
> their present train makeup which minimises shunting and
> makes use of the gantry road entrance/exit.
>
> ----Terry Burton
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