Re: [Australian] Mike Baird buying new trains off the rack
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 7:12 pm
I wonder if guards may be helpful in keeping an eye on passengers on the train.
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Gas is pricing itself out of the market. Coal is still cheap and will remain so. I wouldn't write it off just yet, regardless of the climate ramifications.rogf24 wrote:I don't think there'll be a resurgence in coal exports. There'll be a rise in natural gas exports, Australia is expected to be the world's largest natural gas exporter soon. Natural gas is really eating into coal's market share for electricity generation, more so than renewables. I'm not aware of the Lithgow containing any natural gas reserves.
The only mention in the REF is that the Ten Tunnels are a separate project all together.boronia wrote:I thought there was a problem with clearances in the tunnels. No mention of that in the documents.
This was all known when I was still on the job. RVX4 was sent over the mountains around 2009 or 2010 to do a laser profiling run. It identified the infringements to the narrow as well as the medium loading gauge. So all was known and the number of tight spots was not huge.
The main two tight spots were through the ZZ tunnels and the western end of Mt Vic yard at the single slip points.
Most engineers DO NOT GO into such ventures with their eyes closed and you can bet that the track alterations were in the original submission. Things like signal infringements would be dealt with by replacing an old type signal by an LED as part of upgrades and the single slip was to be part of a rearrangement of Mt Vic when it was to be removed and the track centres widened.
Isn't Zig Zag one of those short platfrm stations where passengers need to notify the guard and alight the train from the rear door of the rear carriagemandonov wrote:The only mention in the REF is that the Ten Tunnels are a separate project all together.boronia wrote:I thought there was a problem with clearances in the tunnels. No mention of that in the documents.
It makes reference to the supporting projects involved for the NIF; and lists the Kangy Angy, Eveleigh, Mortdale, Blue Mountains stations, and Ten Tunnels as separate individual projects.
The document also says modifications to Mt Victoria and Zig Zag are in a project apart from the rest of the stations, so I'm going to assume those two will be a part of the Ten Tunnels contract.
Yes, but it and all the other stations need their platforms shaved to accomodate the wider rolling stock.Campbelltown busboy wrote: Isn't Zig Zag one of those short platfrm stations where passengers need to notify the guard and alight the train from the rear door of the rear carriage