Re: Vale Fyansford?

Leslie Brown (pcc@ocean.com.au)
Fri, 27 Jun 1997 06:34:57 GMT

Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.mira.net.au> wrote in aus.rail:

>There was a word missing in the RNV item: Cement will be sent by road...

>I have had some followup. Apparently Geelong Cement (I can't keep up
>with the current name of former APC) is associated with Goliath, at
>Railton (Tasmania), and most production comes from there. Blue Circle
>(Waurn Ponds) is a much bigger producer than Fyansford.

Yeh, well o.k. Rod, but wouldn't you think that 50 trucks a day is
better suited for rail rather than road? Think of the neighbourhood.
I'd hate to live close by and there are quite a few houses close by.

Why did they abandon rail? That's what I would like to know.

Les Brown