Re: Adelaide Hills tonnage limit reduced

[ben_scaro@my-deja.com]

Not sure that it's particularly economically viable to have your
capital climbing through the Adelaide Hills at 15km/h while trucks race
by at 100 km/h- regardless of how well it's coupled.

Cheers

Ben

>
> > I see, building many miles of track around the Adelaide hills is
cheaper
> > than equipping wagons with couplers capable of a higher drawbar
limit?
> > Standard issue couplers are available that can take 8,000 tons
behind them,
> > the only limiting factor would be if the wagons could take that.
> >
> > Remember, most Australian freight rollingstock (Iron Ore roads
excepted) is
> > 3rd rate.
> >
> > Mark
>
> --
> Peter J. Vincent
>
> Website ............ http://www.netspace.net.au/~pjv101/index.htm
>


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