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Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 15:19:21 +1000
From: "Garry R. Ford" <" NOSPAMgarry"@NOSPAMmerddyn.apana.org.au>
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To: r.kearey@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Subject: Re: Port of Brisbane dual gauage thingy
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r.kearey@mailbox.uq.edu.au wrote:
>
> In <33E6C841.464@student.uq.edu.au>, Brendan Wessling <s328930@student.uq.edu.au> writes:
> >r.kearey@mailbox.uq.edu.au wrote:
>
> [Regarding strange beasty on PoB line]
>
> >There was a story on Brisbane news about the noise on the dual guage
> >line. Apparently somwhere past Buranda the line does an ess kink. This
> >is genarating a lot of noise and residents are not happy.
>
> Between Norman Park and Morningside - a famous bit of gradient.
> Hence all the noise abatement panels going up along the rail line there.
> Fresh fodder for the graffitists, and a boring view to.
>
> The resident that's unhappy is probably the one with the stryofoam (!) stacked
> up against his fence.
>
> Cue Eccles voice :
>
> "What a luvverly house, and so reasonablablably priced"
>
> Chug chug chug <squeak>
>
> "Oooooooooh!"
>
So what! the line was there before any of the residents. Over a hundred
years in fact. Even thing gradients have been eased so the noise isn't
as great. If residents hadn't objected to the original plan they would
have had it even quieter and Richmond Road would still be a through road
over a railway bridge and the line not so "kinky";-).
All these so called sound boards should be paid for by the residents.
They chose to live on the rail line and should have known the
consequences.
The obvious solution is to electrify from Acacia Ridge to Fisherman's
island for Standard as well as 3ft6in gauge line. This would mean a
couple of special purpose locos being built and thats all. Perhaps some
existing electric locos could be just boggie exchanged equiped to
simplify the problem even further.
Cheers
Garry
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