Re: Fast train to Mildura?

["Lineman" <grime@sympac.NOSPAMcom.au>]

Exnarc <gwrly@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> Barry Campbell <campblbm@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > MarkBau1 wrote in message
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> > >Like we don't already have enough "high speed train" proposals that get
> > trotted
> > >out at election time.
> > >
> > >OTOH, it makes as much sense as the Darwin dream, both Mildura and
Darwin
> > have
> > >very shallow water ports!
> >
> >
> > But Darwin is a deep water port at high tide <g>. (Max 8m tidal range!!)
> >
> >
> > Barry Campbell
> >
>
> Thats right!!
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> Whats 8m in real talk? About 26 feet?
>
> As you suggest thats not alot, what happens to the 150,000 container ship
> when the tide runs out? Does it just sit there upright or does it lay on
its
> side till the next high tide?
>
> I guess it would make it easy to off load some of the boxes?
>
> Bob.
>
> The way things are going with people wishing to visit Australia,why not
build a high speed rail line from Darwin to Port Hedland and call it the
Boat train? ;-
--
"Lineman"