affirmative action? numbers are patriarchal? and NOBODY will get fired...
Posted on 03/14/2018 5:14:54 PM PDT by george76
THE NSW Government has an embarrassing problem with $2 billion worth of new trains that are on order — they’re too wide to go through the tunnels.
Whereas the current trains are 2.9m wide, the new models being built in South Korea are 20cm wider. That small difference could have a big impact.
It means the new trains could collide with the tunnel walls on their way up to the world famous Blue Mountains.
But Transport for NSW (TfNSW), the Government body that manages the state’s rail system, has come up with a cunning plan. It has proposed simply relaxing current safety standards. In addition, 10 tunnels built in the 1900s will be partially modified to allow the new trains to run.
...
It takes a special type of incompetence to buy trains that don’t fit through the tunnels,” Mr Foley said.
Transport bosses have insisted the trains will operate safely but conceded that, in places, rules will have to be broken.
...
It’s not the first time regional trains have caused pain.
...
the tunnels would also be “notched” in places. This involves gouging a chunk out of the existing tunnel where the clearance is narrowest to allow the new trains the pass through.
This gouge could be almost 13cm deep, much of which will take place on curves where trains are more prone to swaying.
Around a third of the total length of the tunnels will have to be modified in a process that could take two years and will involve parts of the line to be closed for periods.
...
The cost of the tunnel modifications will be in addition to the $2.3 billion cost of the new trains.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
#Can’tFixStupid
#LiberalBureaucrats
Oopsie !
“”That small difference could have a big impact. “”
That’s got to be an understatement.....B I G IMPACT all right! Did Jerry Brown go over there and direct the building of the new trains?
This is the same country that grabbed all the guns. Bleep em!
Same thing happened in France. The new trains were too wide for the platforms or something.
affirmative action? numbers are patriarchal? and NOBODY will get fired...
Grease up the tubes. It’ll be fine.
That weren’t very smart, Bwuce!
This is why I’m against Government taking on any project other than sharpening the pencils and taking out the trash.
Not sure they can perform those tasks.
That’s a very expensive mistake.
Size does matter!
The land of Oz has been ruled and controlled by left wing PCers.
They are incapable of hiring competent engineers and letting them write the specs for their railroad cars.
Australia is only a few years behind Great Britain in their PC rush to becoming ashes in a dust box.
”That small difference could have a big impact.”
That’s what she said. BWAHAHAHAH!!
20cm? Seriously?
Idiocracy was not supposed to be a documentary...
B I G IMPACT all right! Did Jerry Brown go over there and direct the building of the new trains?
Moonbeam probably hired their so called engineers to “help him build his train from no where to no where.
LOL!!! The results of electing Malcolm Bligh Turnbull as the Prime Minister of Australia & Leader of the Liberal Party since September 2015? I think so. 8>)
Lol, reminds me of the incoming MIT students that plug their square u-hauls into the round bridges on Storrow dr.
Every carpenter knows...
Measure twice, cut once!
Sad to know...the politicians in Oz...are just as dumb as our politicians.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.