Re: Ex Newington Arms depot ng line

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@mail.com>]

Where exactly does the line go?

Chris <chrisc@fl.net.au> wrote in article <39c18587$1@fl.net.au>...
> How does this 2 ft line fit in with public transport? It doesn't go anywhere
> . It would be cheaper  and quicker using buses or a tractor train (how fast
> can a battery electric locomotive travel?). I suspect this proposal to
> convert it to passenger operation is all public relations bullshit.
> 
> Chris
> "John Browning" <ceo8@rocknet.net.au> wrote in message
> yI%v5.29$NC3.827@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net">news:yI%v5.29$NC3.827@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net...
> > 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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