Re: GSR will extend the Ghan service to Darwin

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

The Net Flyer <thenetflyerNOthSPAM@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article <WyEaOF+3c+17mbGmkv9jvlM6cODf@4ax.com>, "< Tell >"
> <telljb@OZozemail.com.au> wrote:
> > Heard on ABC Territory Radio this morning, a Great
> > Southern Railway spokesman who said the company is
> > negotiating with the consortium, to run the Ghan
> > service through to Darwin on completion of the line.
> > ----Terry Burton
> Question: what gauge will be used in the railway: narrow (1067mm common
> in Australia ?) or European (1435mm) ? I don't know which gauge the
> ADL-ASP line has and assume ASP-DRW will continue at the same gauge.
>
> I assume it will be single track without catenary. Is this true ?

Oh dear - are you for real?

You subscribe to an Australian railways newsgroup, so it would be safe to
assume that you have a *little* bit of an interest in Australian railways.
One would think that you would know the gauges in use.

But, excusing that, you seriously think that the ASP-DRW could be
electrified?

*ROFLMAOPMP*

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DaveProctor
thadocta AT dingoblue.net.au