Re: Cleaning Ballast - Why do they need to do this?

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

Hi,


Not down at Glenroy it aint :-)

Regards
Michael.


Notagunzel said on 8/09/1999 in <CmpB3.10$3e.1425@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net>:

>Michael Walker <walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote in message
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>> Does anyone know if the weed spraying train still exists in Victoria? If
>> not, what is done to kill weeds along the right of way? I noticed
>> Greensborough has a nice growth at the moment!
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>Last time I saw it, the weed spraying train consisted of a big rigid 
truck,
>fitted with hy-rail wheels, and a big tank on the back.  In the metro 
area,
>AFAIK spraying is done at night.
>
>--
>Mr Notagunzel.
>Rail Transportation Connoisseur.
>notagunzel@bigfoot.com
>(Waiting for the next move at http://www.bigfoot.com/~notagunzel)
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