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Re: Standardisation
- Subject: Re: Standardisation
- From: "Ron BEST" <ronbest@bigpond.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 10:28:14 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
- References: <7dhbnp$ofq@ob1.uws.EDU.AU>
Anybody know why sliding wheels have never been used, or even tried perhaps?
AFAIK, the (proposed) fancy/expensive Cairns-Perth pass. was to use this
technology to go from 1067 to 1435mm gauge.
(It saddens me deeply to stare down at dual gauge 1435/1600mm track, and to
realize the devasting cost and negative effect on the growth of rail
transportation that those seemingly trivial 6 1/2 inches have caused!)
Rgds
Ron Best.
Ben Staples <98711576@student.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au> wrote in message
<7dhbnp$ofq@ob1.uws.EDU.AU>...
>With all the opinions, comments, beliefs, etc etc concerning squeezing the
>rails a little bit closer in country Victoria, I wonder if there would be
>any advantage in squeezing the rails a bit further apart in Western
>Australia. I don't know much about WA but I'm curious.
>
>Ben Staples
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