Re: Ararat BG connections

["Ben Staples" <98711576@feline.hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU>]

Maurie Daly wrote in message ...

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>Besides ,just how much of the BG bit of Ararat yard is left,and how is the
>freight going to get to Ararat in the first place (by truck, Im sure the
>locals would love that)
>FV already have to run SG grain trains thru Ararat to Portland or Geelong
if
>they build a SG connection,to the grain loops.
>The incremental costs of adding extra loading at Ararat bound for Melb via
>Geelong would be far less than running dedicated BG freights.
>Geelong needs some SG loading facilities as well.

Why don't they just standard gauge the whole of Victoria and be done with
it. I was reading in the paper that an economic study was done and
recommended this to take place for a cost of $120 million. About the
proceeds of the VLF sell off.

Ben Staples