Re: Bethungra Spiral

[david <david@nmit.vic.edu.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

> The original cuttings had rock walls which were very close to vertical and
> also very close to the sides of the trains going thru the cuttings.
> Rock falls from the tops of the cuttings onto the track was becoming common.
> The improvements essentially involved re facing the cutting walls to remove
> the vertical facings and moving the walls further away from the rails.
> The cutting walls have also been re inforced by driving long steel rods
> horizontally into the underlying bed rock and attaching large steel facing
> plates to the outer walls .
> In addition the rail bed was re ballasted and relaid with 60 kg/m rail on
> concrete sleepers.
> Its worth having a look .
>
> MD

  It certainly is ! Especially if you get a train heaing on the up to Sydney.

Regards,
David