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Railways in Australia & New Zealand.
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Peace Love and Trains
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A new design in this series specifically for rail fans and train lovers of all kinds, especially those who love steam locos: Peace Love and Trains, from T's Me NOW! [link]
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New NSW Transit Officer blitz
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...He he - all it will prove is that Transit Officers are an uncontrolled entity who don't operate within the limits of their authority and are basically another type of intimidation tactic for the NSW government to prove how distasteful CityRail is to a majority of it's users. It seems that for most people, they use CityRail trains as a... more »
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Asciano's See's pigs gathering at the trough
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...Well the company did basically get $70 million for nothing from the NSW government over the 'we pay if you run them or not' grain train debacle which is now being re-inforced by trying to pass ammendments to the Transport Administration Act through parliament to allow the government to close down railway lines ad-hoc bypassing proper... more »
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Driverless trains
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...However the catch 22 with this is that the amount of investment into risk control is massive, even though in the longer term the 'sugary' coating is that it gives a way to (at least in the short term) reduce staff. Rail companies look at the cost savings by reducing staff as well as turning 'human factor' risks into 'engineering' risks which... more »
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Posiva YVA valitus.
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Mikä ihmeen 80%? Lukasin lehden 5.6.2008 ja nyt on suorastaan outoa ilmassa. Miltei jokainen Suomen ja MYÖS Ruotsin ydinvoimalat kaikki pörrää mystisellä 80 % tehollaan? HalloUU? Miksei joku 75 % tai vaikka 90 %?? Ja miksei ydinala lainkaan asiaa kommentoi vaikka miljoonat palaa poikineen kuin tyhjää vaan... more »
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The Old Ghan Heritage Museum - Alice Springs
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Please could someone tell me the latest situation with regards to this Museum closing - and apparently being vandalised and striped of historic articfacts. I heard that it ran out of money or there was internal politics or something, I am planning a trip to travel on the new Ghan, but would also like to see what's left of the old one. One... more »
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Triple Gauge in Queensland
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Many years ago in the mid-1970s I toured about Eastern Australia by train. Eventually I ended up in Brisbane and then caught a train to Toowoomba. There I waited a couple of days for a goods train south - actually it was loco-hauled with a guards van / passenger carriage tacked to the rear. We went down to Wallangara or Tenterfield I think.... more »
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