Forum: Railway Stations
Today, 06:53
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Residential railway stations
G'day,
Last nite I was viewing a 2014 episode of Escape to the Country on late nite tv.
I was stunned to see the "mystery house" being an actual railway station.
Clairsdale (?).
Apparently within...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
4th February 2019, 07:30
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Replies: 8
Views: 248
Ok Carrot,
I might google for some info when I...
Ok Carrot,
I might google for some info when I am next at the local library.
The Kiwis had a rail car set comprising two cars, one being the motor car with some seats attached to the trailer car....
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Forum: Events & Dates for your Diary
26th January 2019, 08:30
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
21st January 2019, 05:02
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
15th January 2019, 06:16
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Replies: 8
Views: 222
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
14th January 2019, 04:40
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Replies: 8
Views: 222
AH, at the local library today and googling.
I...
AH, at the local library today and googling.
I have found a blood alcohol comparison web page.
So, I now constumble your method.
50 mg per 100ml being the equivalent of our 0.05%.
So, yer 30 mg...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
13th January 2019, 08:45
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Replies: 8
Views: 222
General motorists here are a max of 0.05 %.
P...
General motorists here are a max of 0.05 %.
P platers are 0.02% max.
But, transport workers, 0.0%.
I am not sure what that relates to in regard to mg per ml.
Motorists who blow the bag at a...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
11th January 2019, 02:41
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Replies: 8
Views: 222
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
5th January 2019, 06:22
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Replies: 1
Views: 83
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
4th January 2019, 04:26
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Replies: 8
Views: 248
G'day Carrot,
An interesting DMU, code DEMU...
G'day Carrot,
An interesting DMU, code DEMU which I presume infers diesel electric multiple unit.
A power car with accommodation at each end of the train.
I am wondering what horsepower rating the...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
12th December 2018, 05:06
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Yeh, no good for somebody suffering from...
Yeh, no good for somebody suffering from Acrophobia, or as Hitchcock preferred, Vertigo.
Go home and hurl the clobber into the wash to soak out all the soot and cinders.
Just hope that somebody...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
8th December 2018, 08:52
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Replies: 0
Views: 84
Qube 2017 run-away ATSB report
G'day,
Having snavelled a recently published ATSB rail incident report concerning a run-away in 2017, I have discovered something.
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5775362/ro-2017-001-final.pdf
At...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
4th December 2018, 07:59
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Replies: 5
Views: 174
G'day Philip,
I normally only snavel you tuber...
G'day Philip,
I normally only snavel you tuber video clips while at the library to later view at home.
Time is ticking when you log on.
So, I don't carry any earplug headphones when hoofing down...
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Forum: Railway Stations
3rd December 2018, 04:33
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Replies: 1
Views: 172
An impressive station indeed.
I like the old...
An impressive station indeed.
I like the old timer train departures display board.
Our smog hollow Sydney Terminal station had an impressive "manual" train departures board.
Replaced by digital...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
3rd December 2018, 04:23
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Replies: 5
Views: 174
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
26th November 2018, 07:36
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
24th November 2018, 07:06
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Replies: 11
Views: 360
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
18th November 2018, 07:31
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Replies: 4
Views: 171
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
9th November 2018, 05:36
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Replies: 3
Views: 425
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
9th November 2018, 05:32
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Replies: 11
Views: 360
G'day All,
Yeh, no Xmas bonus for BHP bods. ...
G'day All,
Yeh, no Xmas bonus for BHP bods.
Train derailments in the Pilbara are spectacular.
I remember one occurring in the Hamersley Iron yard at 7 mile (7 miles inland from Dampier WA) during...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
8th November 2018, 07:34
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Replies: 11
Views: 360
G'day BW,
Loco wise here in NSW, 1981 for the...
G'day BW,
Loco wise here in NSW, 1981 for the implementation of the spring parker.
EMU wise, 1979 (though I might be slightly wrong there, it may have been 1978).
Prior to that, either ratchet (HA...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
7th November 2018, 03:16
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Replies: 11
Views: 360
G'day BW and Philip,
Yes, the Westinghouse air...
G'day BW and Philip,
Yes, the Westinghouse air brake was a marvelous invention back in the 1880s.
But, it does have limitations.
Nothing is air tight, and air can eventually leak off.
BW, surely...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
6th November 2018, 04:59
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Replies: 11
Views: 360
BHP runs away
G'day,
OZZI OZZI OZZI OI OI OI.
No, not our cricket chant.
We have managed to do it again.
UNSTOPPABLE.
Yesterday, a BHP ore train MO2712 comprising 4 locos and 268 wagons RAN AWAY.
It rolled...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
22nd October 2018, 04:59
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Replies: 4
Views: 215
G'day,
Viewing some of the Indian Railway cab...
G'day,
Viewing some of the Indian Railway cab ride You Tuber video clips is also a tad hair raising.
And from other sources, it can be very bad for a train driver who runs over a sacred cow.
I am...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
22nd October 2018, 04:52
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,187
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