Re: Scenic Railway Expansion

["David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>]

David Bennetts wrote in message
<01be2872$23ad5f20$814c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au>...
>
>I would think that having two trains on the funicular would be the obvious
>solution - it would virtually double its carrying capacity without the need
>for a great deal of modification.  The passing place would have to be
>exactly halfway of course, I would think this would be below the 'tunnel'
>section so wouldn't require a huge amount of clearing to accommodate the
>necessaary pointwork and dual trackage.
>


The B&W photo at http://www.mountains.net.au/plaza/rail/scenic.htm gives a
fair idea of where the halfway point is.

I daydream about rebuilding the line to the Megalong valley; not very likely
to happen, though!

David Martin