Re: Garbage on Rails

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

michael ostrowski wrote:
> 
> I noticed that the old Woodlawn pit near Tarago is to get a new lease of
> life as a fill for Sydney and surrounding areas waste. I wonder if this
> could be a new market for rail? The only problem is how do you get the
> material there without spillage or possible problems with contaminating
> areas along the transport route. A new market for NR and Trailerail perhaps.
> You would think that technology such as roadrailers would be ideal in this
> situation - shame only a few rail operators are using it. (why doesn't
> Freightcorp use such technology yet? )
> 
> Michael

Ah, so you are not talking about Tangaras then?

:-)

rgds