Re: Victorian sg conversion

[usenet.spam@gunzel.net (Michael Kurkowski)]

marivcru@labyrinth.net.au (Captain Warwick J. Somerville) wrote in
<39ED93EA.1D7D1A35@labyrinth.net.au>: 

>> Very stupid move, IMHO. Increases the cost tenfold, and restrict the
>> speed to 80km/h. You can't run passenger trains to Bendigo at 180km/h
>> if it's dual gauge.

>Why is there a speed restrict on duel gauge?

Paranoia. Theoretically, the gap between the standard guage rail and the 
broad guage rail is the perfect size for a misplaced brake block. Assuming 
a carriage, wagon or locomotive loses a brake block and it lands between 
the two rails, the flange of the broad guage train can or will hit it, thus 
causing a CityRa^H^H^H^H^H^Hderailment.

M.

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