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The SX cars had a capacity of 87 standing and 64 seated by way of 20 x 2 seat reversible back units, and 8 x 3 seat units mounted longitudinally, and located on each side of the 4 doors, whereas the ...

The SX cars had a capacity of 87 standing and 64 seated by way of 20 x 2 seat reversible back units, and 8 x 3 seat units mounted longitudinally, and located on each side of the 4 doors, whereas the ...

Parksider said <My track rises about 85 mm in a curved length of about 1400 mm. >
It seems that everyone has forgotten it is on a curve.

Whats the radius of the curve ? 18"?, 3 foot?, 6 foo ...

Went yesterday myself, and was suitably impressed with the show, and will be going again today for a longer look as I was pressed for time.
The casual atmosphere (apart from the storm) was nice and I ...

"sniff!" picture Miss Piggy with nose in the air, looking the other way!

"That oddity from Hong Kong" as it has been described, just happens to be , along with a lot of other early 1950 vintage loc ...

There is an interesting Traveltrain public notice that states a 7 car suburban set will serve local needs between Emerald and Nogoa.

yes it was interesting.
It left Ipswich mid morning on Wednesd ...

1620 arrived back at Ipswich this morning.

The first 1300 entered service on 9/9/67, travelled 1885714 klm, was removed from traffic on 3/11/88 and condemmed on 5/12/88.
the last 1300 (1344) entered service on 18/5/72, travelled 1334377 klm., ...

hey didnt one of these end up in the river at Grafton ?

To quote 12 CSVT
<Two West Coast Rail spurs to Hellyer Mine and from Melba Flats to Zeehan will be upgraded, shifting 520,000 tonnes per year of mining products from road to rail and reducing tru ...

Nice to see the past pics of Ipswich railway station through to today. Interesting pics I wouldnt mind seeing is the old Churchill branch line, which IIRC was closed in the 70s. I have seen an aeria ...

ok, yes everyone ! well done all.
I hadnt mentioned it in previous text , but somewhere (possibly in a link previously supplied about Ipswich heritage etc) I did find a reference to a Sadliers Crossi ...

absolutely right GeoffreyHanson,Ive been reading some of the stuff from the link I put up previously
and here is the definitive statement
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<1864 July (Item No. 42 of the Ipswich City Counc ...

Raymond can you tell me where i can get a copy of this book ?

Dunko57, you are possibly quite right, my info has always led me to beleive different.
after my post last night , I did find a reference to Sadliers Crossing and Mi Hi creek, but wasnt able to l ...