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Re: Big Dipper takes $5m ride from Luna Park [NSW & Vic]
- Subject: Re: Big Dipper takes $5m ride from Luna Park [NSW & Vic]
- From: "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 12:03:23 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Rail News Victoria
- References: <3B09AD35.742F52E5@fang.omni.com.au>
- Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:37546
Scenic Railway [Luna Park, Melbourne, Vic] has bogie vehicles. It once had
block signalling, and up to six vehicles at a time in action. Following an
accident in the 1980s or 1990s, there is now only one vehicle at a time in
action.
Big Dipper [Luna Park, Melbourne, Vic] was dismantled in the late 1960s or
early 1970s. It had four-wheel vehicles, but with side-running guide
wheels. One was preserved on site, but I didn't measure its gauge when I
was investigating grades and speeds for use in applied mathematics classes.
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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor