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Re: More investment in rail: economist

Subject: Re: More investment in rail: economist
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 04:25:29 GMT
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Maurie Daly (mauried@tpg.com.au) wrote:
> Why are there 4500 trucks a night using the Hume Highway when there is
> a parallel and grossly underused railway line right alongside.
> How about re aligning Junee to Goulburn to get rid of the 1:40
> grades,or 12 chain radius curves or  getting rid of the absurd track
> access charges.

The curves are more of a problem than the 1 in 40s. Coming into a 1 in 40
after a sharp curve is a lot harder than running at 1 in 40 at 100km/h.
With big diesels, the actual gradients aren't the issue.

Cheers
David

References:
- More investment in rail: economist
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: More investment in rail: economist
  - From: mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)

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