Re: News on the VST (Very Slow Train)

[dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Peter Berrett (pberrett@tbsa.com.au) wrote:
> For Overland fans I came across an interesting advert on page 28 of The
> Melbourne Age 11/7/1198. Apparently tenders have been called by Victrack
> for concrete sleepering of Pra Pura to Maroona.

> A small step, but one that hopefully will improve the VST's timings a
> little.

Not necessarily. Newport to North Geelong has concrete sleepers, and is
only 80km/h. You can make the sleepers from Swiss cheese as far as I'm
concerned, but it doesn't mean anything unless they're ballasted properly
and the track is aligned.

Cheers
David