Re: Melbourne to Darwin Line revisited.
Terry Collins (terryc@zip.com.au)
Sat, 09 Aug 1997 23:01:10 +1000
Terry Burton wrote:
>
> I read recently that the motive power on this proposed
> high speed line will be using "Gas Turbines".
>
> Can any reader of this group confirm that this is what
> the promoters of this scheme intend to use.?
>
They might intend it, but it won't work. One of the local colleries tried
to get into the power generation business with electricity from methane
through a gas turbine. Well, apart from giving a lot of blokes work fixing
bits and peices, as well as collecting bits from all over the paddock, the
whole lot has been replaced by a paddock full of v8 generators running of
the methane.
Yep, it makes good sense to run various gas and liquid supply lines along
the route, but developing a gas turbine engine has no business in running a
railway.
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