Re: [Vic] Geelong Line CLOSED

[John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au>]

In article <39e311ff$1_1@news.chariot.net.au>,
  "Arthur Marsh" <mars0177@flinders.edu.au> wrote:
> "John Dennis" <jdennis@acslink.net.au> wrote in message
> 8rup0p$ngi$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:8rup0p$ngi$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>> While it is easy for us to look at the Victorian network and
>> bemoan the loss of alternative routing - trains from Adelaide could
>> have been detoured via Ballarat, or even Maryborough and
>> Castlemaine, we should also consider the other end of the line.
>>
>> A similar accident a similar distance from Adelaide would have
>> crippled Melbourne-Adelaide services even at the height of the rail
>> network. There was no alternative into Adelaide beyond Tailem Bend,
>> other than via Broken Hill, and what fun that would have been -
>> involving three changes of gauge and three changes of operator.
>
> Fooey. I recall an Overland being routed via Mount Gambier and
> Heywood in the SAR days...

Back in the SAR days Geelong was 45 miles from Melbourne.  That
distance from Adelaide is where, somewhere short of Murray Bridge?  How
would diverting via Heywood and Mount Gambier help?

JD
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