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Re: Alice Springs - Darwin contract signing this week

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:23:54 GMT, "Peter Berrett"
<pberrett@optushome.com.au> wrote:

>
>Its funny as Mt Isa will not be too far from the standard gauge line. Surely
>as a minimum there will be a temptation to spur a line off to Mt Isa.
>
>Dual gauge freight trains could then run freight Darwin - Mt Isa - Brisbane.

Why?

What for?

Is there a need to ship Mt Isa's dirt to Asia?

What has NQ got to offer Darwin and Asia that they can't supply
themselves?

What is it that Asia has that only Qld needs?

Methinks its livestock-to-Mansfield type thinking here folks.

Les Brown