Re: Re: Melbourne Cable Cars
Bill Bolton
Friday, September 14, 2001 9:31 PM
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 18:17:30, you wrote:
No, just another case of somewhat clumsy English expression by an
author/copywriter who was cleraly not familiar with rail terminology.
The normal expression here would be double track.... as in "the route
was double track to [some location] and then single track with passing
loops until [the end of the line]".
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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Their first item in that section refers to "8.5 miles of double-sided
track". Is that a common expression?
No, just another case of somewhat clumsy English expression by an
author/copywriter who was cleraly not familiar with rail terminology.
The normal expression here would be double track.... as in "the route
was double track to [some location] and then single track with passing
loops until [the end of the line]".
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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