Re: ABC News and the Overland >> the end is nigh.!
Craig Haber (albatross@harnessnet.com.au)
Thu, 02 Apr 1998 18:50:46 -0800
bill johnston wrote:
> I dont see that ASW and Train staff and ticket per say cause the speed
> limit. I just think it is bureaucratic inaction. The track from Newport
> to Geelong is in much better condition (65kg ? rail on concrete
> sleepers) than the adjacent broad guage (45kg ? on timber sleepers) on
> which V/Line run 130kph services.
> Perhaps it relates to the very poor alignment which as others have said
> is a series of tangent track joined by kinks.
The Newport-North Shore SG track makes the BG look very good indeed (I
certainly know which I'd rather be on). The SG has not enough ballast,
poor surface, and poor alignment. It's not unusual to enjoy parallel
running with an SG goods, always entertaining watching the wagons crash
and roll across the bumps.....
Cheers,
CH.
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