Re: Second rate Alice - Darwin line?

["< Tell >" <telljb@OZozemail.com.au>]

dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
>
> 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.


The majority of rail on the TAS is 47kg/m. ANR intended
to use the same on their proposed Alice to Darwin line.


----Terry Burton