--- InTramsDownUnder@..., "benmunro2000"
<benmunro2000@y...> wrote:
> --- InTramsDownUnder@..., "mrn300au" <mrn300@h...>

> wrote:

> > Please excuse my ignorance but is there a Tram (light rail) that

> can

> > run on an ordinary railway line (I'm from NSW so the gauges are

> the

> > same) using the same power supply as a train?

> >

> > Mark

>

> Mark,

> It depends on the wheel profiles,whether a tram can run properly

> on railway track & special work.

> Ben Munro

> Nth Fitzroy.


Ben
Thanks for this - I had assumed that the problem was a power issue.
I knew that Melbourne used the old St Kilda railway as a tramline so
I did not realise that the wheels were a problem. My question was
propted by the Newcastle situation. We were continually given the
impression that the railway to Newcastle could be replaced by a
tram. The railway is obviouly in good condition and electified and
therefore it could be simple to just run a tram and preserve the line
for the use of trains if the need arose (I was thinking of steam
trains at least as they are popular tourist trips).

Mark