After dumping Inland Rail, Australia has no plan to stop relying on diesel trucks for freight
- Written by Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
Double stacked cargo freight trains like this were planned for the Inland Rail -- until its northern half from central NSW to near Brisbane was scrapped.Australian Rail Track CorporationEvery day, hundreds of trucks barrel along highways from Melbourne to Brisbane. Some B-triple trucks stretch to 36 metres or more, more than seven times the length...
