Re: NG v SG

["rod gayford" <rodjg@ozemail.com.au>]

Bazt's reply appears to me to be the ultimate sweeping statement. I am very
well aware of the historical reasons for the adoption of 3'6" in Qld and
other less developed states and that was the supposed lower cost. That may
be so if very low standards are adopted, but once you start running real
trains you run into all sorts of problems and the supposed economies
associated with the original reason for going NG evaporate and you end up
with a sub-standard railroad that costs as much as a standard gauge one
without the benefits of SG. I am not the only one to doubt the wisdom of
electrifying to Rocky. I rather suspect its an outcome of over generous
Federal funding of Qld at the expense of the more populated states. As for
a tilt train to Rocky it would probably be cheaper to subsidise air travel
and drop the passenger trains and let the railways spend their money on
upgrading freight trains.

Cheers

RJG

bazt <bazt@tpgi.com.au> wrote in article <36fe0a26@dnews.tpgi.com.au>...
> Mebee you should understand the why's and wherefores before making such
> sweeping statements
> about QR and matters historical.
> 
> --
> Bazt
> 
> bazt@tpgi.com.au
> rod gayford wrote in message <01be7872$ec4062c0$481b1acb@osborne>...
> >Is there some problem with the Railpage server as messages seem to take
> >forever to appear or do not appear at all? In regard to the idea of
> >squeezing narrow gauge in between standard gauge I understand the main
> >problem is that all 3'6" systems in Australia lay the rails vertical to
the
> >sleepers, much the same as a tramway instead of canted in towards the
> >centre line as per standard gauge. I also understand that rail and wheel
> >wear is very severe on the heavy coal lines in Queensland.  Qld Rail
should
> >have spent its money on standardising its NG system rather than wasting
> >money on electrifying the Brisbane to Rockhampton line and upgrading the
> >Rocky to Townsville line which sees little traffic.
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >RJG
> 
> 
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