Re: Far northern tilt train on schedule

[Bruce Greening <bgreeni@attglobal.net>]

Dean A Stalker wrote:

> Very unlikely that the overhead will continue to Cairns. The Cairns to
> Rockhampton section will need to be upgraded though to accomodate the Diesel
> Tilt Train if speeds of up to 160km/h need to be reached.  This involves
> curve easing and resleepering the tracks which is very costly.
>
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In fact the relay with concrete Rocky - Townsville is under way, with steel
being cascaded to north of Townsville. the Main Line Upgrade took care of most
of the required deviations

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Bruce L. Greening
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