Re: Gauntlet tracks

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

I found your diagram hard to follow, this is my attempt.

__________                           __________
          \                         /
-->        \                       /        -->
________    \                     /    ________
        \    \___________________/    /
_________\___________________________/_________
          \                         /
<--        \_______________________/        <--
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C. Dewick wrote:

> In <ntFN3.123$xm.5081@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net> "Steven Hurst" <hurste@primus.com.au> writes:
>
> >> Can anyone give me a list of all locations of Gauntlet tracks in
> >Australia?
>
> >What is a Gauntlet Track, assume nothing, always give full details please :)
>
> It's a way of running two tracks without actually combining them into one
> single track (with turnouts, etc.) through a location where two parallel
> rights of way can't fit because of space restrictions. The most famous
> gauntlet section in NSW was the track to Darling Harbour under Broadway.
> It's now just a single line serving the Powerhouse Museum, but long after
> the Harbour was closed the gauntlet track was still there.
>
> Someone else mentioned the old Como bridge too.
>
> Anyway, here's a simple diagram:
>
>  -----------\                       /-----------
>  >           \                     /           >
>  -----------\ \-------------------/ /-----------
>              \/-------------------\/
>              /\-------------------/\
>  -----------/ /-------------------\ \-----------
>  <           /                     \           <
>  -----------/                       \-----------
>
> This is a rather pathetic diagram, so I propose that 'what is gauntlet
> track' will become the very first item in my just-conceived 'Craigs Railway
> FAQ' web page that I will create later today at
> "http://lios.apana.org.au/~craigd/ppt_faq"! 8-) I'll create a nice easy to
> understand diagram using Xfig...
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
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