Re: [NSW] A few more questions...

[Peter Homann <"peter.homann"@@prr.org.au>]

Tezza wrote:
> | * I overheard someone on the train say that the reason tunnels are so
> dirty
> | is the black asbestos dust from train brakes. Is this true?
> 
> I don't know if it's true, but the brake blocks used to have asbestos in
> them.

Prolly not anymore, but it could be the black compound used to hold the
fibre blocks together.

Cheers.

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