Re: Railway upgrade to separate freight and passenger trains

[Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>]

"James C." wrote:
> 
> [snip] 
> Corporation chief executive David Marchant says Sydney is blocking the whole
> freight system.
> 
> Rail is currently only taking 20 per cent of all freight between Sydney and
> Melbourne.
> 
> Mr Marchant says a separate freight track through Sydney would help the
> whole nation.

Often wondered why high horsepower (per tonne), limited 
length freight could not be allowed through the Sydney 
metro area during the current curfew period, at a 
frequency of about 1 every 90 minutes.

Using 2 NR locos hauling a 600 metre freight whose load
could be moved by one of those locos if the other broke
down, should not cause too many operational problems.

Doug Gilbert