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Re: James C on the roof MEL- ADL Was - Sightings of aus.rail'ers
- Subject: Re: James C on the roof MEL- ADL Was - Sightings of aus.rail'ers
- From: "James C" <noemail@emailsux.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 22:37:58 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- References: <FI%45.21801$N4.855466@ozemail.com.au> <0Ce55.316$Nz4.459309@news0.optus.net.au> <8j4ncm$anv$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3955EA32.DC975E20@ozemail.com.au> <3955f006$0$17007$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <3956efea$1@news.iprimus.com.au> <3956f40a <mauried.480.00540CB4@tpg.com.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:13615
I counted 5 actually. There is a one right next to Murray Bridge station ,
I'm not sure if it's a road bridge or tunnel, and does Footscrary tunnel
count as a tunnel as well? if the answer is Yes and yes, there are 7 tunnels
altogether between Melbourne and Adelaide.
Cheers
James
Maurie Daly <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:mauried.480.00540CB4@tpg.com.au...
> In article <39583c83@news.iprimus.com.au> "Eric Cartman"
<erkV69@erk.au.com> writes:
> >From: "Eric Cartman" <erkV69@erk.au.com>
> >Subject: James C on the roof MEL- ADL Was - Sightings of aus.rail'ers
> >Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 05:32:52 GMT
>
> >James
>
> >There would be as many tunnels now as there was when it was BG.
>
> There are 3 major tunnels.
> Sleeps hill tunnel between Lynton and Eden Hills ,this is a double track
> tunnel with both BG and SG.
> National Park and Long Gully tunnels.
> These are both between Belair and Mt Lofty loop.
> Single track SG only.
> All these tunnels are quite long and would be expensive to modify for
> double stacking purposes,if that was the intent.
>
>
> MD
>