Re: Indian Pacific passengers work up head of steam

[mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)]

On Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:06:59 +1000, "tony bailey"
<mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au> wrote:

>"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>3ac699fa.10698745@can-news.tpg.com.au">news:3ac699fa.10698745@can-news.tpg.com.au...
>>
>> Perfectly true , but in the case of a truck overturning and blocking
>> the Hume Highway the highway would be re opened in a matter of hours .
>> The WA line was closed for 3 days.
>> In a vertically integrated rail regime where the rail owner is also
>> the only rail operator ,then it doesnt matter if there are delays in
>> re opening the line as it will only affect the rail operator.
>>
>
>Maurie -
>
>A recent issue of Modern Railways pointed out that in a 1966 sleeping car
>train derailment on the ECML in England, similar to the big one last year,
>that the gangs had started putting the track back in 10 hours after the
>derailment.
>
>Last year, when the police got into the act (missing most of the evidence
>because it was buried under ballast - the track workers had to show them!)
>It took 10 days to start relaying!
>
>--
>Tony Bailey
>Mercury World Travel
>Mercury Travel Books
>mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au
>
>
Umm, I dont understand the point of your post.
Just why would the police be involved in the derailment in WA?
It was a freight train, no one was injured.
This isnt the UK.


MD