[OT] Re: QR's proposal diesel tilt train timetable

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Railway Rasputin3" <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> RD also said a rumor Diesel tilt train will operate from Brisbane to
> Townsville and connect with a sleeper servcie to Cairns. This is hard
> to believe as the track alignment between Townsville and Rockhampton is
> very poor and it takes 12 hour for this stretch of 700km+ along, it's
> almost impossible to complete this(Brisbane-Townsville) journey in one
> day unless massive imvestment on track improvement to reduce the
> travelling time between these 2 towns.

I daresay the councillors of the localities of Rockhampton and Townsville
would be delighted to know they are towns and not cities.

<g,d,r>

Dave