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Noarlunga Line Shutdown
Posted Thu May 23, 2013 9:44 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Noarlunga Line Shutdown
Posted Thu May 23, 2013 9:38 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Noarlunga Line Shutdown
Posted Wed May 22, 2013 9:03 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Hi All
Finally got a decent day off to have a good look at the works along the Noarlunga Line today. Things have moved along very quickly since i last had a look. The track is all laid and ballasted ...
Seaford Line work
Posted Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:24 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Seaford Line work
Posted Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:07 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Today saw the First Testing of actual Railcars on the Seaford Extension. 2 Runs were made today, with the last run returning on the Down track straight back to the Stanvac Stabling yards.
Some Phot ...
Noarlunga Line Shutdown
Posted Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:22 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Some Photos from Thursday, Only got a few before the Battery went dead. (Must learn to charge the Battery the night before ) 
Installing the Overhead supports @ Noarlunga Centre. (this was th ...
Noarlunga Line Shutdown
Posted Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:20 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
The purpose of the Crane at Noarlunga Centre today, was for the instalation of the beams over the track. The 2 supports between the platforms and the David Witton Dve bridge were installed.
Seaford Line work
Posted Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:15 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
I noticed on Monday a couple of sleepers across the line at Marino Rocks just before the level crossing ...
Noarlunga Line Shutdown
Posted Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:26 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Thanks Ian. didn't realize i had it wrong
Noarlunga Line Shutdown
Posted Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:40 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Thanks a lot for these pictures 85trainfan, I wasn't aware until I saw your earlier shots that Edwardstown was being demolished and rebuilt although it does make se ...
Noarlunga Line Shutdown
Posted Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:23 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Some Photos from Today's Works
Ripping up the Base layer near Raglan Ave [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/25896045@N02/8535175465/][img:c33140bf68]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8509/8535175465_6c0a3 ...
Wayville Railway Station
Posted Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:14 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Some photos of the Demolishing of Keswick Station and Surrounding works. The Stairs to access Keswick from the Footbridge have been pulled out and the hand rails reinstated across the gap. Maybe the F ...
Retiring of the 2000 class Railcars.
Posted Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:44 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
No, I understand the first railcar arrives in late May. The live testing is looking at fault currents, earth issues and current delivery including testing all insulators, ...
Wayville Railway Station
Posted Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:52 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Major civil works at Wayville site, visble from Anzac Highway bridge.The eastern cutting is being extended towards Cooke Tce.
This could be the start of something big! ...
Noarlunga Line Shutdown
Posted Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:32 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
OK, Time to bring this thread out of Retirement for anther round 
Its time for the Final Stage of the Noarlunga Rail Line Upgrade and as of Yesterday (23rd Jan 2013) The Rail was pulled up as far as ...
The great Adelaide shutdown 2013
Posted Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:48 am in South Australia by 85trainfan
Just to stir things I up.
At a SASMEE working bee this morning I watched workers doing what initially looked like track demolit ...
Goodwood Junction Underpass
Posted Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:42 am in South Australia by 85trainfan
Some Photos from works today. (Taken after works had finished for the day 
The Brownhill Creek Diversion Channel. 13 Segments already in Place.
The great Adelaide shutdown 2013
Posted Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:19 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Reason for government notices is probable the result of differing site "ownerships".The track rebuild Oaklands to City will be under one contractor and the Underpass will be under another contractor. ...
The great Adelaide shutdown 2013
Posted Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:44 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Well of course, they are government projects paid for with our money, not private projects or public-private partnerships. That a number of different contractors are involved in the execution of the w ...
The great Adelaide shutdown 2013
Posted Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:25 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
First noticed them about three weeks ago, numbers 24-22 are on the eastern side between Leader St and Rose Tce by the backside of the showgrounds. It would appear that the numbering is one continuous ...
Mid year budget review
Posted Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:55 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
- Loxton loop. This initiative provides $415 000, of which $263 000 will be expensed in 2012–13 and $152 000 capitalised in 2013–14, for construction at Loxton that enables improve ...
Seaford Line work
Posted Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:04 am in South Australia by 85trainfan
Update on works as of 4th december 2012
The Ballast Train is now operating on the Up track between the Onkaparinga River Bridge and Noarlunga Centre. Ballast is laid up to the Goldsmith Drive Bridge. ...
Greens MP Mark Parnell, - Belair to Mitcham services
Posted Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:09 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
G'day from USAIf Mr Parnell wants a flag to fly try the Noarlonga Centre line.Here we have a depot, Lonsdale, and an intermediate turn back before the track wprk starts.Rail services between NC and Oa ...
Noarlunga and Tonsley railway upgrade update thread
Posted Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:38 pm in South Australia by 85trainfan
Last weekend Daws Road crossing was closed while they were upgrading the crossing, the silly thing is, that they put bitumen back down instead of concrete.All the crossings that have been upgraded in ...
The great Adelaide shutdown 2013
Posted Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:06 am in South Australia by 85trainfan
The Ugly:
The Noarlunga timetable - 39 eye-watering pages of confusing timetables that make the regular ones look simple. I pity the call centre operators who'll probably be finding them just as hard ...