Re: Media, railways and facts.

["Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>]

Craig Haber wrote in message <357E2B87.722D@harnessnet.com.au>...
>Barry Campbell wrote:
>> Why not just bite the bullet and get rid of the broad gauge entirely
(With
>> the exception, perhaps of the Melbourne suburban network). When the M - A
>> main line was standardised there were some figures bandied around that
the
>> cost of standardising the rest of the network would be recouped in less
than
>> 10 years.
>
>Yes I agree wholeheartedly - my attitude to standardisation is "all or
>nothing".  My basic concern is that the job was started, but if it's not
>finished it'll be a disaster.  And when they sell the system, it's a
>very big cost to convert miles of track and many vehicles to SG.  Hence
>it's a big ask....
>
I fear that the alternative in both SA and Vic will be wholesale abandonment
of bg lines.

Barry Campbell