Re: Second rate Alice - Darwin line?

[Michael <mk@netstra.com.au>]

Take anything from the media with a grain of salt. Even then thats too 
much.

regards
Michael

David Bromage said on 04-Nov-1999 in 
<Jo4U3.23$Cw6.391544@news0.optus.net.au>:

>The Australian (29/10, p1) reports that 155,000 t of rail will be needed
>to build the Alice - Darwin line. This doesn't quite tally. 1410km of main
>line * 2 rails * 60kg/m = 169,200 t. 155,000 t of 60km/h rail only gets
>you 1291km of track.
>
>Add 16km for 10 loops, plus 10 sidings of the same length and you need
>2,884,000 m of rail. This comes out to just under 54kg/m.

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