Why is rail not taking this log traffic to Midway?
The Geelong Port area looks most of the time I have seen it underutilised. Has any thought be given to installing container handling at the Port?
Regards
Brian
You are dead right. Look at QUBE by comparison. Investing in new wagons and new and relatively new motive power. It is part of the reason there is merit in standardizing various parts of the standard gauge network so that companies like that can operate in markets that PN won't touch.
PN dont have a monopoly on rail freight in Victoria, on either BG or SG.
Any Rail Operator is free to run any freight trains they like.
The fact that no one has chosen to take over a market that PN has no interest in
would indicate that no one can do it any cheaper.
PN dont have a monopoly on rail freight in Victoria, on either BG or SG.
Any Rail Operator is free to run any freight trains they like.
The fact that no one has chosen to take over a market that PN has no interest in
would indicate that no one can do it any cheaper.
Who owns all the old freight wagons stored at North Geelong? I understand that if PN owned them they would be reluctant to sell or lease them to other operators, but do they actually own them?
Yep I hear what you say MD. I just hate seeing infrastructure in rail put in only to be under utilised. In the case of midway, who would of paid for the install of of the line into the plant? It was only used for a short period only to be mothballed. I know PN converted the wagons at their expense but you just wonder why it couldn't work. Such a shame to just see the wagons rusting to the rails. How could road be cheaper than rail? You just wonder sometimes why. I guess it comes down to what PN charged midway!
Taking the train to the Corio Model Railway Exhibition Saturday I noticed how underutilised the CIGL and the Corio/North Geelong sidings are. Lots of logs i nthe Midway yard but the line is baulked. Not available for use. Lots of log wagons around the area and in North Geelong yard.
Why is rail not taking this log traffic to Midway?
The Geelong Port area looks most of the time I have seen it underutilised. Has any thought be given to installing container handling at the Port?
Regards
Brian
Could also be that traffic flow was no longer economical, as there could of been no profit sending logs to Port of North Geelong (rail or road) so the logs go to other markets (paper mills, sawmills) or don't get harvested at all (waiting for markets to Improve)
Does anyone know where the logs at the port come from ? Otways, Central Highlands ?
Midway receives logs from Ottways and Wombat Forrest and none of these areas are rail freight friendly. Traffic from Bairnsdale ceased because of EXORBITANT charges were put on PN to carry that freight overnight on the metropolitan network .V/LINE hates freight and the sooner we hand over the whole state network to an independent authority the better .Apart from that the siding at corio bay was made dual gauge as they expected logs from Wodonga and either Heywood or Portland.None of it eventuated .
Edward
Ermm... I'm not sure what those depths translate to in plain English, but if you're using feet rather than metres then your information is likely to be over 40 years old.
Almost all channel depths have been increased quite a lot over the last 40 years. One instance that you may remember was the hippy protest against the deepening of South Channel that got quite a bit of media exposure a few years ago.
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