Re: Line beyond......

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> There is also an unfinished line from Maldon to Dombarton. Another broken
> Carr promise.
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Work on the line stopped a long time before Carr was Premier, IIRC it was
was Greiner go into power that the money dried up.
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> There was a rumour years ago that it would be AC and they'd convert some
> Tangaras to AC or dual AC/DC.
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No rumour, it was going to be AC electrification. It was to so they could
use electric locos on the freight trains through the Avon Tunnel. The AC was
to start at Wollongong or Unanderra.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia