Re: St Leonards, NSW

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Bill Bolton wrote:
> 
> craigd@lios.apana.org.au (C. Dewick) wrote:
> 
> > No they aren't. Bradfield's original city railways plans were to extend 4
> > tracks to at least St Leonards with a possible extenstion to Chatswood
> 
> Maybe so, but the present double track wanders back and forth over the
> 4 track right of way to minimise curvature and we know already how
> operationally challenging that is in terms of double deck rolling
> stock on a steep grade with a tight curve.
> 
> To put an further two tracks on the alignment would mean curves even
> sharper than those currently in use, which would present some
> significant operational issues from the combination of curvature and
> grade alone!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill

Yep thats what I was trying to say. The speed is slow enough now as it
is.
Put the extra track in and you would have to slow the trains down even
further.
Dr Bradfield was a true visionary (suprised he got so far with NSWR) but
even the beast laid plans come unstuck.

rgds