Re: [Vic] ALP urged to boost rail freight lines

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

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 06:27:57 GMT, lbrown2@bigpond.com (Brown Family)
wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:12:44 +1100, Yuri J
>Sos<steam4me@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 22:33:56 +1100, "Paul Hambleton"
>><P.Hambleton@bom.gov.au> wrote:
>>
>>>> Maryborough already has S.G. and any money would be best spent on
>>>> converting Mildura to S.G. rather than adding a third and slower rail
>>>> to Portland.
>>>>
>>
>>I wonder if it would be cheaper to SG Mildura to Ouyen and build an SG
>>line from Ouyen to Hopetoun to connect with the existing SG line
>>there.
>>
>>Yuri
>
>I think it would be cheaper and such a line has been planned for
>decades but it may also result in the unfortunate closing of Dunolly
>to Ouyen. Dunolly-Mildura standardisation is still the best way, I
>think, because the rest of the system is going S.G., and, anyway, it
>provides an alternate route to Tailem Bend - the more lines converted
>to S.G., the more important it will become, IMHO.
>
>
>
> 
One of the more amusing issues that seems to have been conveniently
forgotten by this group and also by Premier Bracks is that the Vic
Govt SOLD the BG country rail Network to FA.
They simply dont have the power to go around and guage convert all the
BG lines to SG unless FA agrees to it ,and they would have rocks in
their head to.
Until FAs lease expires , which is in 45 years , the tracks are FAs
not the Vic Govts.

MD