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Re: Electric rail in NSW
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Electric rail in NSW
- From: Eben Levy <ebenlevy@klever.net.au>
- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 00:05:00 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Zippo News Service [http://www.zippo.com]
- References: <347451df.12934708@news.chariot.net.au> <653n2o$8te$1@loomi.telstra.net>
Wasn't there a plan at some stage to electrify all the way to Werris Creek?
I just had a crazy thought that I can across something/someone saying this.
tezza wrote:
> On the North its as least as far as Newcastle [freight only use it as far as
> Broadmeadow].
>
> On the South the last station is Macarthur, but the overhead continues a bit
> further to the Glenlee coal washery.
>
> On the west it's Lithgow.
>
> On the South Coast I think it's Dapto possibly Kiama [freight only use it as
> far as Port Kembla]. There was talk of using AC to Kiama and converting some
> Tangaras to AC/DC.
>
> All the above is open to correction.
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Bye for now,
Eben
http://www.klever.net.au/~ebenlevy/