Re: Cowra-Blayney line

[L & D <daisyw@ozemail.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

> In article <36FCC076.D0CA36B0@fastlink.com.au> Tim Arnot <timarnot@fastlink.com.au> writes:
> >From: Tim Arnot <timarnot@fastlink.com.au>
> >Subject: Re: Cowra-Blayney line
> >Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:26:46 +1000
>
> >Ben Staples wrote:
> >>
> >> David Bromage wrote in message ...
> >>
> >> **SNIP**
> >> >This was one of the few serious proposals. THe line is required to get NR
> >> >freights out of SYdney during the Olympics. Reopening Kandos to Gulgong
> >> >was brought forward a year for the same purpose.
>
> Unless I have missed something earlier in this thread,why is this line
> necessary to get NR freights out of Sydney during the olympics.
> Why cant we simply run the Nth - South freights the way they were originally
> run , ie Ulan - Gulgong - Merrygoen - Dubbo - Parkes - Cootmundra.
> This way currently needs only 2 reversals , only one when the Dubbo Y link is
> finished , can handle 21 tonne axle loads , ie 81/82 s all the way (dunno
> about NRs) , and doesnt need any upgrading.
> To run NR class or even 81/82 between Wallerawang and Mudgee will require at
> least one bridge to be completely replaced  as well as a substantial upgrade
> of the track from Mudgee to Gulgong.
> Even if it is necessary to run freights from Blayney to Melb,its still more
> sensible and cost effective to run them via Parkes and Coota,as no reversals
> are needed.
> Unless the southern leg of the Demondrille triangle is reinstated,(not a cheap
> option as it will require 4 sets of motor points,

why?? could use 2 point motors a little bit of roding and a trailing set of points. But then
there is the other costs  signals, cables, control etc. but if it is the plan to use it mainly
during the Olympics then what's wrong with ground frames and employing a signaler to operate
them as required

> plus something will have to
> be done about the double line block between Demondrille & Wallandbeen.) then
> any freights will have to descend the 1:40 down into Harden to reverse and
> then come back up it again, (crazy).
> This alone will seriously limit the loads that can can be carried.
> Blayney to Coota via Parkes is all downhill to Parkes and then mainly flat.
> Am I missing something.
>
> MD