Re: Alice-Darwin Line

["T & J Jones" <jonest@senet.com.au>]

Leopard tanks have previously been carried on rail between Adelaide and
Alice Springs

TJ

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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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