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Re: Scenic Railway Expansion

Subject: Re: Scenic Railway Expansion
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:02:38 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <3675f32e.0@news.camtech.net.au> <01be2872$23ad5f20$814c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au> <367704a4.0@news.camtech.net.au>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

David Martin wrote:

> I heard that when they tested it, the cars came off & plunged into the
> valley!!!!! Obviously the engineer who designed it didn't know his stuff.

Not quite.  They tested it by putting a number of sand bags in the train, and
sent it arund the track.  The train came back, but the sandbags had launched
into the valley.  This meant it was way too rough to safely carry passengers.
The trackwork is extremely rough, and I doubt that I would enjoy riding on it.
There is virtually no easing into curves.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

References:
- Scenic Railway Expansion
  - From: "David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>
- Re: Scenic Railway Expansion
  - From: "David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au>
- Re: Scenic Railway Expansion
  - From: "David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>

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