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Re: News on the VST (Very Slow Train)

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: News on the VST (Very Slow Train)
From: David Goll <golldm@nabaus.com.au>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 11:13:56 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: National Australia Group (Asia Pacific) Technology Services
References: <01bdad57$63de1260$10e30ccb@pberrett> <6o9jal$av6$2@news.mel.aone.net.au>

Wouldn't swiss cheese sleepers be a tad too soft to handle the freight
traffic on that corridor? Still, an interesting concept - we could have
all types of "gourmet" sleepers; perhaps Beluga caviar sleepers or even
smoked Tasmanian salmon sleepers! As for me, I'll have the Truffles
sleepers!! :-)

David

David Bromage wrote:

> 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

Follow-Ups:
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References:
- News on the VST (Very Slow Train)
  - From: "Peter Berrett" <pberrett@tbsa.com.au>
- Re: News on the VST (Very Slow Train)
  - From: dbromage@omni.com.au (David Bromage)

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