Re: Ararat BG connections- Lets Standardise instead!

["John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com>]

But the politicians assure us that the mixed gauge situation has been solved
and we now have one great homogenous nation wide system thanks to Paul
Keating! Of course a few insignificant branch lines still require
conversion, but this can wait, as roads are bigger vote pullers,

Cheers
John Wayman

David Langley wrote in message <36ECE6B1.7A0F12EF@ancc.com.au>...
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>Maurie Daly wrote:
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>> Standardization of BG tracks needs to provide an economic return if its
to be
>> done.
>> Simply providing alternative routes which could be used if the primary
>> route is closed or blocked simply doesnt justify the expense .
>> How many times since its opening has the Melb - Adelaide SG line been
closed
>> or blocked?
>> The existing Melb - Adelaide line is running at about half its
theoretical
>> capacity currently ,and even with the most optimistic forecasts of rail
>> winning back freight from road wont get to 100% capacity in the next 20
to 50
>> years.
>> If anything the number of trains running over this corridor will
>> actually fall as increased loads are carried.
>> It would be nice if all of Victoria was SG , but unless its funded by
Govt, no
>> private operator will ever go around standardizing all the tracks just
for the
>> sake of it.
>>
>> MD
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>Don't bet on it. Only an idiot runs a railway with two gauges but then
that's what we have in
>Spring St at the moment, idiots.
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>DEL.
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