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From: "mazurnet" kmazur@...>
To: TramsDownUnder@...>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 3:01 PM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Balaclava Junction Reconstruction

> I'm curious whether they are removing any curves, or rebuilding the

> thing in it's entirety. It would be a shame if they removed any of

> the curves. Do you know Andy?


From what I understand, it is required to be built with all curves
remaining. It will be interesting to see whether automatic points are
installed. The last set of plans I saw had no provision for these.

It was also planned to move the crossover east to Bambra Rd. This is a good
idea, as shunting at the current one is virtually impossible. There is a
plan to move the take point from the Junction to Bambra Rd, and all drivers
will take the Barina to pick up there. The clueless monkey asked me what I
thought about this - I disagreed with it, because this means less travel
time is required, and allows more time for actual employment duties. And we
can't have that.

Andy.