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Thread: South Spur to replace PNT? |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:48 pm Subject: Re: South Spur to replace PNT? |
| You are right. More containers, no logs now, but the point is much freight has been lost to road transport, Rail freights market share technically hasn't increased. |
Thread: South Spur to replace PNT? |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:20 am Subject: Re: South Spur to replace PNT? |
I Have just found a reference in Australian Nationals highlights for 1986/87. It carried 2,216,000. tonnes of freight.
There hasn't been much of an increase in capacity since then. I would suggest t ... |
Thread: Steam Locomotive Safety Valves |
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Forum: Preservation and Tourist Railways Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:31 pm Subject: Re: Steam Locomotive Safety Valves |
I am Looking for maintenance and repair instructions on Ramsbottom Safety Valves and Salter Spring Balance Safety Valve.
I was wondering whether any of Australia's railways had cards on them.
I hav ... |
Thread: Steam Locomotive Safety Valves |
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Forum: Preservation and Tourist Railways Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:27 pm Subject: Re: Steam Locomotive Safety Valves |
| Please direct me |
Thread: Steam Locomotive Safety Valves |
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Forum: Preservation and Tourist Railways Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:35 pm Subject: Steam Locomotive Safety Valves |
| A request for information on the repair and maintenance of Ramsbottom and Salter Safety Valves |
Thread: Unusual Sightings |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:01 am Subject: Re: Unusual Sightings |
| Two wagons are going from Q.V.M. ownership to D.R.R. as they are surplus to Q.V.M's requirements. I think one is a CCC. |
Thread: Railcars in Tasmania. |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:12 pm Subject: Re: Railcars in Tasmania. |
I understand it was made into a shack down North West Coastal town but whether it still survives I dont know.
I have a line drawing of WG1 |
Thread: South Spur to replace PNT? |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:57 pm Subject: Re: South Spur to replace PNT? |
| Hallelujah a voice from the wilderness. |
Thread: South Spur to replace PNT? |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:02 pm Subject: Re: South Spur to replace PNT? |
Chas Kelly has probably done the maths and found out his trucking public purse subsidy is far greater than the rail public purse subsidy.
As far as pacific National selling off wagons for scrap.
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Thread: Unusual Sightings |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:43 pm Subject: Re: Unusual Sightings |
| Replacements for damaged and worn ones. |
Thread: South Spur to replace PNT? |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:14 pm Subject: Re: South Spur to replace PNT? |
How true Stuart I wrote a letter to the editor of the Examiner recently in reply to Geoff Pages desire for B triple trucks and dual highways in Tasmania
The editor emailed me to say it was too long(3 ... |
Thread: Tasmanian Preservation Happenings... |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:45 pm Subject: Re: Tasmanian Preservation Happenings... |
There was no costs to the Don Railway for the construction of the new pathways.
All costs and associated work were met by and carried out by an outside organisation who supplied the materials and la ... |
Thread: South Spur to replace PNT? |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:26 pm Subject: Re: South Spur to replace PNT? |
| Curve and Grade easing on the South Line between the Tunnel and Colebrook and maybe deviate the Andover deviation??? |
Thread: State Library Photo's |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:23 pm Subject: Re: State Library Photo's |
| My Brother and friend believes the pic of the Railcar and PT could be at Relbia |
Thread: State Library Photo's |
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Forum: Tasmania Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:58 pm Subject: Re: State Library Photo's |
| This Pic is at Heybridge the site of the former Tioxide works near Burnie |
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