getting pictures from my couysin Anthony down under
of the new North South railway
The dream of a railway linking the south
and the north of Australia has long been
cherished in the Northern Territory. Now
the AustralAsia Railway is a reality, with
construction on target for completion by
early 2004. This will create an AustralAsia
Trade Route, linking southern markets with
nations of the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
The project involves
• Constructing a 1420 kilometre standard
gauge railway between Alice Springs and
Darwin at a cost of $1.3 billion, to complete
the rail link between Darwin and Adelaide.
• Transferring the existing 830 kilometre
Tarcoola to Alice Springs line to the Asia
Pacific Transport Consortium.
• Integrating the line with Darwin’s East
>The dream of a railway linking the south
and the north of Australia has long been
cherished in the Northern Territory. Now
the AustralAsia Railway is a reality, with
construction on target for completion by
early 2004. This will create an AustralAsia
Trade Route, linking southern markets with
nations of the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
The project involves
• Constructing a 1420 kilometre standard
gauge railway between Alice Springs and
Darwin at a cost of $1.3 billion, to complete
the rail link between Darwin and Adelaide.
• Transferring the existing 830 kilometre
Tarcoola to Alice Springs line to the Asia
Pacific Transport Consortium.
• Integrating the line with Darwin’s East<<

HOPE IT HAS BETTER LUCK THAN THE
Trans-Australian Passenger Train : "
The Trans-Australian Passenger train ran between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie. It began in 1917 and was eventually cancelled in 1991 following poor patronage and a severe cut back in the frequency of the service. "

BETTER TO FLY


"Tarcoola to Alice Springs Railway (T.A.S.):

Tarcoola to Alice Springs Railway. Work commenced 12 April 1975 on a replacement for the narrow gauge track from Marree to Alice Springs. The new route, via Tarcoola, was opened in 1980. It is standard gauge."

aha AHA AHA

AustralAsia Railway Corporation

GETTING TO THE MAGIC googleword


Google Search: "AustralAsia Railway"

put it in quotes of course as a googlephrase or googlestring


Google Search: "AustralAsia Railway"

railway construction progress map: " Note: This page is not designed to be printed. Follow the links below to print from Acrobat Reader v 5 or Word"

"Photo Library (High Quality)":

Track laying machine

23 September 2003 got to lay the last sleeper in DARWIN

I'm crazy about maps so this is eye candy to me : "Map Index "



I like BIG BIG jpg s too

and the astonishing theatrical nature of the dramatic tropical light.

it looks like stage lighting
the sun is so high and the shadows so sharp
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