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Thread: Variable tolls on SH Bridge & Tunnel |
dat581
Replies: 6
Views: 106
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Forum: Other Transport Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:42 am Subject: Re: Variable tolls on SH Bridge & Tunnel |
| There is practically no toll on the M5 with the cash back system, you only pay the gst. |
Thread: 90 class at Bolga Coal Loop |
dat581
Replies: 10
Views: 214
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Forum: Railway Photography Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:54 pm Subject: Re: 90 class at Bolga Coal Loop |
| You can get this close to the tracks at Tahmoor colliery, they run right next to the car park and the only instruction given is use the bridge when a train is in the loop and don't climb through the w ... |
Thread: Variable tolls on SH Bridge & Tunnel |
dat581
Replies: 6
Views: 106
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Forum: Other Transport Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:51 pm Subject: Re: Variable tolls on SH Bridge & Tunnel |
| Rees is targeting liberal voters from the North Shore and North West while leaving the just as conjested M4 and M5 alone. |
Thread: Would you give Ree's the boot? |
dat581
Replies: 51
Views: 1308
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Forum: New South Wales Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:54 am Subject: Re: Would you give Ree's the boot? |
| I'd say they have pollicies but are just keeping quiet while labour implode. This can't go on forever, they will have to come out swinging soon... |
Thread: Connex not so bad - says former Kennett Ministry staffer. |
dat581
Replies: 13
Views: 716
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Forum: Melbourne suburban Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:59 pm Subject: Re: Connex not so bad - says former Kennett Ministry staffer |
| It most cetainly is but they are still trams. If you class a variotram as not a tram then neither are melboune Ds or Cs. |
Thread: Connex not so bad - says former Kennett Ministry staffer. |
dat581
Replies: 13
Views: 716
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Forum: Melbourne suburban Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:00 pm Subject: Re: Connex not so bad - says former Kennett Ministry staffer |
Ballast Plough brought up Melbourne's trams, commenting that Sydney has none.
Correct.
Incorrect! We have seven! They run on one line from Central to Lilyfield. |
Thread: Back to Single Deck; Western Line terminates at Syd Terminal |
dat581
Replies: 86
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:54 pm Subject: Re: Back to Single Deck; Western Line terminates at Syd Term |
| I wonder who actually "owns" the two eastern lanes on the bridge. When the bridge was built they were owned by the NSWGR who decided to run trams over them to Wynyard. At the time the tramways were pa ... |
Thread: Mini Budget - Transport |
dat581
Replies: 68
Views: 2450
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:17 am Subject: Re: Mini Budget - Transport |
| I love how the idiots at the SMH use a photo of a 620/900 rail car as a photo of a "Red Rattler". The red rattler name was another media invention and a smeggy way to pay back trains that served Sydne ... |
Thread: Interesting, if vague, article in the Tele today - no metro? |
dat581
Replies: 42
Views: 1440
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:31 pm Subject: Re: Interesting, if vague, article in the Tele today - no me |
| Passenger numbers are way to high to convert the Bankstown Line to Light Rail. |
Thread: 92 Class |
dat581
Replies: 412
Views: 33860
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Forum: Locomotives and Rolling Stock Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:29 pm Subject: Re: 92 Class |
| Are the 92's too heavy to leave the Hunter Valley Coal System? (Much like the 90 Class). |
Thread: Interesting, if vague, article in the Tele today - no metro? |
dat581
Replies: 42
Views: 1440
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:47 pm Subject: Re: Interesting, if vague, article in the Tele today - no me |
| PRL would definitely fit better and serve a wider community, but how would the trains be sorted then? If there is 8tph from Rouse Hill (PRL is done, then NWRL will be there too most likely), 4tph from ... |
Thread: Design fault |
dat581
Replies: 61
Views: 2360
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:50 am Subject: Re: Design fault |
| Why is anyone still feeding this clown? |
Thread: Railways along Freeways? |
dat581
Replies: 42
Views: 1303
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Forum: New South Wales Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:52 am Subject: Re: Railways along Freeways? |
| Grades might be a problem, none of the motorways have been designed with rail in mind like the Perth freeways, |
Thread: South Maitland Railways Running Again ? |
dat581
Replies: 9
Views: 585
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Forum: New South Wales Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:33 pm Subject: Re: South Maitland Railways Running Again ? |
| Does anyone here know which street the old Cessnock station was on? |
Thread: Design fault |
dat581
Replies: 61
Views: 2360
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:25 pm Subject: Re: Design fault |
Yes thanks.
Vertical and horizontal chains are already in use.
I think the horizontal chain method ,where there is already an overhead
girder,is a waste.There could be a shorter chain and no slo ... |
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