Re: Bradfield's Electric City Railway

[billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

Robert Harris <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote:

> You are thinking 1990's.

And you are thinking off the planet if you are thinking there weren't
any limits on public expenditure in the first half of this century.  

> Back when Dr Bradfield was doing his bit things wern't what they were
> today. Not everyone had cars and the railways were not under some stupid
> plan to try and make money, if they had to  no trains would of left the
> Sydney basin, In fact the line to Parramatta would of shut down
> completely. They built Zig Zag, if they did that they could do just about
> anything including the good doctors plans.

ROFL&L&L&L&L.

You may perhaps like to look at the NSW Parliamentary Hansards for
that period and see the bitter debates that occurred between city and
rural interests over expenditure on any significant transport
infrastructure for Sydney.  

Cheers,

Bill