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Thread: Complete priority |
Draffa
Replies: 3
Views: 154
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Forum: Trams and Light Rail Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:27 pm Subject: Re: Complete priority |
Politicians who promote taking away car lanes do so at their electoral peril.
Everyone is supportive of improving Public Transport for other people, provided it doesn't impact on them. 90% of peo ... |
Thread: ARTC's Infrastructure Australia Submission |
Draffa
Replies: 19
Views: 649
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Forum: Signalling and Infrastructure Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:22 pm Subject: Re: ARTC's Infrastructure Australia Submission |
The lowest estimated price in USD for a barrel of oil is too high.Any price is too high if you're unemployed or your business is running at a loss.
Bring on the buses, outside the metro areas, t ... |
Thread: WANTED! - Models/items you want to look for |
Draffa
Replies: 618
Views: 47702
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:21 am Subject: Re: WANTED! - Models/items you want to look for |
| Who was looking for an L Class electric? There's on on EvilBay: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170280832632 |
Thread: The comedy of eBay in the HO section. |
Draffa
Replies: 1099
Views: 63728
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:04 am Subject: The comedy of eBay in the HO section. |
That's the achilles heel of eBay. Shipping... The money you save on getting it cheap is gone in a flash by excessive shipping.Fortunately, this one is coming from locally, so just Registered ... |
Thread: The comedy of eBay in the HO section. |
Draffa
Replies: 1099
Views: 63728
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:25 am Subject: The comedy of eBay in the HO section. |
I don't bid on eBay. Ever.
No point when I can get things retail for cheaper! You can get a bragain sometimes. I got a Broadway AC6000 yesterday for about US$15-US$20 less than the cheapest re ... |
Thread: Derailment at Caboolture. |
Draffa
Replies: 21
Views: 885
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Forum: Queensland Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:49 am Subject: Re: Derailment at Caboolture. |
There's only so many times you can report about the damage caused by a storm.Oh I don't know. The Commercial stations seem to be giving it a good shake.  |
Thread: Derailment at Caboolture. |
Draffa
Replies: 21
Views: 885
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Forum: Queensland Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:37 pm Subject: Re: Derailment at Caboolture. |
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s232/railpage/3.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s232/railpage/4.jpg
There's something you don't see every day! |
Thread: AMRM December 2008 |
Draffa
Replies: 22
Views: 1653
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:38 am Subject: Re: AMRM December 2008 |
And it was just today i was thinking i had missed this issue.Hah, same! I was in thenewsagent on Tuesday asking if they'd already been and gone!  |
Thread: Austrains NR Class |
Draffa
Replies: 66
Views: 2852
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:15 am Subject: Re: Austrains NR Class |
Austrains have scrapped The Southern Spirit Livery!! :(There's $600 I don't have to find!  |
Thread: Derailment at Caboolture. |
Draffa
Replies: 21
Views: 885
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Forum: Queensland Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:58 pm Subject: Re: Derailment at Caboolture. |
Have you found that cable yet?Sorry. Went over to the girlfriends place to check the damage (one dead Gum down, a few smaller trees, no damage to people or property, fortunately).
http://web.aanet ... |
Thread: Derailment at Caboolture. |
Draffa
Replies: 21
Views: 885
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Forum: Queensland Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:02 am Subject: Re: Derailment at Caboolture. |
was it 2843 or 48?2836 was on the front of the QR train when I took photos.
So whats the story, are there delays or disruptions as a result of this or the storms?While the derailment could have bee ... |
Thread: Derailment at Caboolture. |
Draffa
Replies: 21
Views: 885
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Forum: Queensland Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:38 am Subject: Re: Derailment at Caboolture. |
| Network Ten arrived at about 945 and took a few seconds of footage opposite St Peters primary school, and the Channel Seven chopper arrived overhead at about 1030, and missed all the 'action'. |
Thread: The comedy of eBay in the HO section. |
Draffa
Replies: 1099
Views: 63728
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:30 am Subject: Re: The comedy of eBay in the HO section. |
| However, I wouldn't do it now because of the Auscision VHGFs,Exactly. |
Thread: Asciano Group begins talks on asset sales |
Draffa
Replies: 39
Views: 1938
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Forum: Operators Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:14 am Subject: Re: Asciano Group begins talks on asset sales |
| Some quick calculations suggest there are some 700,000 Asciano shares floating around out there. Someone with not much more than 240 million can now own a controlling interest in the company, but wou ... |
Thread: Receiver and Administrator Appointed to Freightlink |
Draffa
Replies: 29
Views: 1272
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Forum: Operators Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:04 am Subject: Re: Receiver and Administrator Appointed to Freightlink |
| The amont of work in the pipeline Freightlink has should be enough to convince people to keep them going.Doesn't matter. CEOs are, by and large, only interested in the next Quarters results, not 5 ye ... |
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