Re: Lets Standardise instead!

[Gavin Potter <gavpot@ozemail.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

>
> Having said all this though , there are a couple of areas where guage
> conversion would make some sense .
> If FV sees a market in SW NSW for grain products, then guage conversion of
> Mangalore to Tocumwal,and the re-opening of Naranderra to Tocumwal would make
> a lot of sense.
> Such a conversion , would see the BG line north of Seymour closed ,and VLP run
> its pass trains on SG,and VLF run its freights on SG.
>

You could also close the Double line BG between Broady and Seymour, or alternatively convert
the double track to SG and close the existing SG.


> This would increase the utilization of the SG line to around 60%-70%,and would
> provide additional income to ARTC , and also more customers for the line who
> could in turn apply pressure for the line to be completely upgraded to 60KG/m
> on concrete,as this level of traffic would justify it.
> Railing grain from SW NSW to Geelong via Naranderra / Tocumwal is a hell of
> a lot cheaper than going to Sydney, due to the lack of severe grades facing
> Geelong bound trains,even from places as far away as Hillston.
>
> Of course Freightcorp wont like any of this , but this is what competition is
> all about.
>
> cheers
> MD

The other option for reopening and re-guaging is the the Heywood Mt Gambier line. There is
alot of traffic potential available to FV from that area. The Glenelg River bridge was only
just replace a couple of years before they closed the line down and I think the line was also
upgraded.

The best option for FV would be to convert everything to SG.

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