Re: Big Dipper takes $5m ride from Luna Park

["William Pearce" <ben_issacs@optusnet.com.au>]

    Fellow Travellers,
    Does anyone know the track gauges of the Sydney and St. Kilda
(Melbourne) Big Dippers (or Scenic Railways as they were sometimes called)?

Regards,

Bill.


"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> > [Well, it's sort of a train....]
> >
> > Sydney's Big Dipper rollercoaster - all 13 storeys and 1,000 tonnes of
> > it - is about to move from Luna Park to Dreamworld on the Gold Coast.
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> > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0105/22/national/national21.html
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> Yes, like CityRail and Countrylink, it certainly has its ups and downs.
> Come to think of it, its curvature and gradients aren't that far removed
> from many of the main lines in NSW.
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> Regards
>
> David Bennetts
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