Re: Queensland electrification

Peter Neeve (P.Neeve@ens.gu.edu.au)
17 Apr 1998 06:07:00 GMT

In article <6h6le1$ld2$1@gruvel.une.edu.au>, dbromage@metz.une.edu.au says...
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>Why are there overhead wires 18km south of Sarina? Is this part of a new
>construction, or an isolated section?
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>Cheers
>David
Electrified Coal Line to the Hay Point terminal. They use a tippler for the
wagons. (I think it's called a tippler, you know, where the entire wagon is
rotated to empty it. Imagine if the railways could do that with containers -
the turn around times would be phenomenal.)