Re: Ex Newington Arms depot ng line

["Chris" <chrisc@fl.net.au>]

How does this 2 ft line fit in with public transport? It doesn't go anywhere
. It would be cheaper  and quicker using buses or a tractor train (how fast
can a battery electric locomotive travel?). I suspect this proposal to
convert it to passenger operation is all public relations bullshit.

Chris
"John Browning" <ceo8@rocknet.net.au> wrote in message
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> Spot on, Bill.
>
> The area has been designated Millennium Park and handed over to the NSW
> State Government, apart from the relatively small part that has been taken
> over for the Olympic Village.
>
> The railway is being retained and extended and converted to a
> passenger-carrying operation. The locomotives are Gemco battery-electrics.
> and have been retained. More information will be in the October edition of
> "Light Railways". I do not know when the park will be open to the public.
>
> John
>
> John Browning
> Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
> ceo8@rocknet.net.au
>
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