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Re: Rubbish to Cessnock.
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Rubbish to Cessnock.
- From: "Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 10:45:57 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Customer of Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <mauried.485.34F3D81C@commslab.gov.au> <6d26pb$93k$1@news.mel.aone.net.au> <34F64834.680A@planet.net.au>
Goodwin Alco wrote in message <34F64834.680A@planet.net.au>...
>Barry Campbell wrote:
>>
>> One problem is that there is no railway line from Sydney to Cessnock.
There
>> is one from Sydney to Broadmeadow to Maitland to Cessnock but the road
run
>> direct. Having said that 12 mtpa equates to around 1000 trucks per day
(ie
>> one truck every 90 seconds) which does not seem feasible as it would
require
>> a massive fleet. Mind you - even the ABC broadcasts rubbush (sorry) these
>> days.
>>
>> Barry Campbell
>
>I cant see the round about way to Cessnock being a problem. Surely the
>load is not time sensitive and has to be there in the quickest possible
>time.
>Brad Peadon
You are right, Brad. And I was really thinking aloud when I wrote that
post. For small quantities of freight and for passengers the extra distance
is significant in time and fuel inefficiency but for 12 mtpa it is obviously
not an issue.
Barry Campbell