Re: Govt urged to improve Broken Hill-Parkes rail

[Tell <tell@hate.spammers.com.au>]

mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly) wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 06:10:42 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
> Bromage) wrote:
> 
> >The New South Wales Government has been asked to keep improving the
> >railway line between Broken Hill and Parkes. Acting Mayor John Simons says
> >he has raised complaints about the condition of the track.
> >
> >http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/brokenh/monthly/regbrok-8nov2000-2.htm
> 
> 
> Since the building of the SG from Crystal Brook to Broken Hill,has
> there ever been a substantial rebuilding of this line on the NSW side
> , ie broken Hill to Parkes .
> This line used to be classed as a branch line  prior to 1969 ,and I
> travelled on it way back in the 1970s on the IP and it was rough as
> guts then.
> 
> Has the line ever been relaid to handle 22 tonne axle load locos like
> NRs?
> I cant remember any major relaying project.
> 
> MD


The BH line was given the kiss of death by Keatings One
Nation Plan via the expensive "consultants" that Labor
hired when they were running the national gov.

As I have said before, please do not advise the
truckies that the shortest distance between Bris Syd
and Perth is via Melbourne and Adelaide.! 

....Tell