reality is Aussie Railways are small time [was]Steam builds for Alice to Darwin rail link

["Rod Young" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

yadnum <yadnum@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> why not build the railroad to American standads like Hamersley iron did
and
> maybe get the Union Pacific railway in to operate it.
>
Mainly because the trucking lobby/ fuel lobby would never allow that much
money to be taken away from the roads. Diesel excise paid by the Railways
actually gets spent on the roads! [ very little returns to Rail, anyway]
Union Pacific would not run any Railway in Australia, none [aussie
rail]would be big enough! Possible exceptions would be Hamersley etc. That's
why tiny short line operators who barely rate a mention in US bid for our
Systems here in Australia. Rail America only got a little muscle after their
purchase of V/Line Freight, and before that in South America. Since then of
course, they have grown in America, and with the immanent take over of
National Rail, will be a real force to be reckoned with, both here and in
the USA.
Rod Young
http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/
Foundation President and Co-Founder
Hobsons Bay Model Railway Club Inc.
Operators of Australia's only 'Australian' Model Railway Show
Every Easter in Melbourne.
and my page
http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/rods