Re: [NSW] CityRail Delays Friday

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

there is a (relatively) huge gap in the tracks on the Up Main North line, just shortly before
Eastwood. You can hear the train go through that section with a few loud noises.

"Stuart Ellis" <mpp@zipworld.com.au> wrote in message 38DFEA54.127DC6CF@zipworld.com.au">news:38DFEA54.127DC6CF@zipworld.com.au...
> Hubert Lam wrote:
>
> > Why would wooden sleepers give the best ride? the rails are not continously welded so it's
> > annoyingly noisy and bumpy (i can't write like that)
>
> You seem to think that if there is wooden sleepers, it is not continuously welded. that is not
> the case. Yes there are some locations where it is not continuously welded.  yes I know the
> north shore line has some areas of mechanical joints.  For example, the line north of Gosford
> to Newcastle is mainly timber sleepers, but nearly all of it is continuously welded.
>
> Why do timber sleepers give a better ride ??. Timber is flexible, whilst the concrete sleeper
> is ridged, and has no play in movement of the road bed.
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Stuart Ellis
>