Re: Open and Closed goods/frieght yard

["Brendan" <nadnerb_2000@nospam.start.com.au>]

There are some concrete sleepers (about 1 in every 5) now in place on the
two main freight lines past Flemington yard. Whether or not you would call
that improvement, or a band aid, is up to you

Brendan

"Dave Proctor" <david@spambait.proctor.net> wrote in message
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> "Roy Hinkley" <rhinkley@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > Flemmington: still there, hardly used if ever.
> >
> > Can somebody confirm what appears to be a complete disconnection of all
> > sidings at Flemington Markets from the main lines?
>
> Can't confirm, but didn't part of the project to seperate the goods lines
> from the OLP lines at Flemington involve an upgrade of the tracks past the
> Markets? This was supposedly a stage 2, to be completed after the 2000
> Easter Show and before the Five Ring Circus - but hasn't been done.
Perhaps
> they are starting?
>
> Dave
>
>