Re: [Vic] Geelong Line CLOSED

["Arthur Marsh" <mars0177@flinders.edu.au>]

What I meant was that in the Broad Gauge days, there was more than one track
capable of getting a train from Adelaide to Melbourne from Tailem Bend to
the western suburbs of Melbourne. Re-reading your message at a more
respectable hour made it clear that you were refering to the Adelaide-Tailem
Bend section.

Regards,

Arthur.


"John Dennis" <jdennis@acslink.net.au> wrote in message
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> 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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