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Re: Alice-Darwin Line

Subject: Re: Alice-Darwin Line
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 00:05:07 GMT
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Malcolm Purvis (malcolmpurvis@optushome.com.au) wrote:
> >>>>> "David" == David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> writes:

> David> The main problem is that the big equipment (e.g. tanks) is oversize for
> David> rail transport, and most of them are in Darwin anyway.

> From a purely loading guage perspective, where could tanks be transported by
> rail?  Anywhere double stacking is allowed or perhaps those parts of Australia
> that fit the US loading guage?

The problem is width, not height.

The previous Centurion tanks were also (just) out of gauge, but not to the
same extent as the Leopards. They were transported by rail on many
occasions.

Cheers
David

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