Re: Queensland electrification
Barry Campbell (campblbm@ozemail.com.au)
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 19:17:30 +1000
Ron Bennell wrote in message <01bd6a78$d5705310$66618493@el2nt>...
>David Bromage <dbromage@metz.une.edu.au> wrote in article
><6h6le1$ld2$1@gruvel.une.edu.au>...
>> Why are there overhead wires 18km south of Sarina? Is this part of a new
>> construction, or an isolated section?
>>
>> Cheers
>> David
>>
>I believe that the area that you refer to is part of the Goonyella coal
>system. It starts at Dalrymple Bay and Hat Point coal ports, crosses the
>main north coast line at Yukan near Sarina, the heads west to coal mines at
>places such as Goonyella, Oaky Creek and Blair Athol. All these lines are
>wired totaling about 720 single track kilometres of electrification in that
>particular system
>
>Regards
>Ron Bennell
>
The Hay Point/Dalrymple Bay port is the biggest port in tonnage terms in
Australia and is second only to Richards Bay in South Africa as a coal port.
As someone who lives in the area I am surprised that this is not better
known. With the cane railways in the Pioneer Valley and the electrified coal
railways this is an area with more railway activity than non suburban
Victoria.
Barry Campbell