There Is a planing proposal for an Intermodal freight terminal at Morang, as of If or when It happens Is another thing !Seems an odd place to put it, as Marong is a bit out of the way. What is the logic behind Marong as an intermodal hub, and where would the traffic be coming from?
Seems an odd place to put it, as Marong is a bit out of the way. What is the logic behind Marong as an intermodal hub, and where would the traffic be coming from?Marong sits at the intersection of the Calder Highway, Calder Alt Highway, and Wimmera Highway. A conga line of trucks runs thru the joint at present.
Marong sits at the intersection of the Calder Highway, Calder Alt Highway, and Wimmera Highway. A conga line of trucks runs thru the joint at present.Fair enough, thought I'd ask out of curiosity. Do you think a rail connection will be of benefit?
Makes a lot of sense to be honest.
People are forgetting the costs here, the line from North Bendigo is currently train orders that is why you only have 2 Eaglehawk trains the junction and eaglehawk will need to be signalled for that to happen at the moment you only have repeating signals there indicating the lay of the points and if the junction was to be used at the present time a person has to man the points
there are more costs involved than people think.
Not sure I follow? The points are motor operated and controlled from Bendigo panel?
http://www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com/mywebpages/vr/Northern_&_Midland/38'2012.pdf
Not sure I follow? The points are motor operated and controlled from Bendigo panel?
http://www.signaldiagramsandphotos.com/mywebpages/vr/Northern_&_Midland/38'2012.pdf
No probs - but they are motor operated aren't they? In that case it's the just the remote operation that needs to be transferred. Most of the cost would be in converting manual points to motor operated so if you only need to provide a remote keyswitch (effectively) at Bendigo, that shouldn't break the bank.
I don't mean to be nasty...
What ever happened to the Boort Goods a daily up and down service to Boort via Marong?If it still runs, I suspect that it would be operating via Dunolly.
It would take a large increase of freight from the area, or further out, for the powers that be to consider repairing the line to allow for its use, and that's before working out what happens south of Bendigo. Forget any passenger services beyond Eaglehawk, there is not the population or demand, a subject that was done to death in another thread some time back.I believe the only likelihood for Eaglehawk-Inglewood to be reopened would be to remove the Swan Hill line grain trains from the Bendigo main line. To do the job properly would require two triangle connections, which means it won't happen until the passenger business simply refuse to allow freight south of Bendigo.
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