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Re: Melbourne to Darwin
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Melbourne to Darwin
- From: "Ben Staples" <BenKim@bigpond.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 05:02:30 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- References: <358F3116.6BA7F74@tierney.com.au> <6mnd9j$6mc$1@metro.usyd.edu.au> <358FA4FC.F56D4D44@ozemail.com.au> <6mof5q$c6e$3@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net> <mauried.205.359032B9@commslab.gov.au> <3590d252.0@139.134.5.33> <359115F7.4EBA0ACF@ozemail.com.au> <359209ff.0@139.134.5.33> <359251A9.2DE1B6D7@ozemail.com.au> <3592b667.0@139.134.5.33> <3596e198.5538094@news.magna.com.au> <35975182.0@139.134.5.33> <6n7qfn$pg0$1@otis.netspace.net.au>
Wasn't there a proposal to rebuild the short south alongside the new high
speed lines (if they are constructed). This could be done to double stack
heights. No more problems with "holes in the ground".
Ben Staples
John Newman wrote in message <6n7qfn$pg0$1@otis.netspace.net.au>...
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>Ben Staples wrote in message <35975182.0@139.134.5.33>...
>>Bill Bolton wrote in message <3596e198.5538094@news.magna.com.au>...
>>>wrote:
>SNIP
>>>Here's a clue... what it the very obvious feature of the rail system
>>>around Sydney that is unique in the standard gauge Australian rail
>>>network?
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>>I catch the train to work each weekday. Don't you think I may have noticed
>>that electric traction requires that funny thing hanging above the
track???
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>>Ben Staples
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>While you may be able to get around some of the overhead, there are still
>those
>holes in the ground called TUNNELS on all the main lines out of Sydney.
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>John Newman
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