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that would be good thanks 2001

heard a interesting rumour the other day , apparently its a commonwealth law that a rail link to a major port cannot be removed so in case of war theres heavy transport available to be used.
i'd like ...

you should talk to the users of tas ports ,there opinion is that there not much better than pacnat.
now that theres no competition between port the costs have tripled(there words) and just look at th ...

all the 11"s off this month.
two of them tommorw ,one next week and the rest when the trucks get back from qld.

the 11's are too heavy and the axle drive units to big to convert to a smaller guage.
but yes the locos are all due for major overhauls - big bikkies.

$15000.00 and you can own sp9.
v9 came mostly complete from what i can see,the abt rail have purchased v6 underframe to help with v9.
v12(d21) is rumoured to be for sale so you could get that too if ...

finally got round to getting to queenstown ,had a look around asked a few questions!
the wagon came from a sawmill in launceston some where about the archabald raceway(where ever that is) .it had bee ...

just out of interest , was talking to a log truck driver the other day about cartage costs ,it was quite interesting.
he's employed as a driver,drives a near brand new b double and works for a small ...

good news! thought i might have been seeing things .
hope to get down there next week ,i'll try and find out the history..

looked in good condition ,the 4 rolla doors along the road side were open and even the inside looked ok.body wise it apeared to have very little rust .i rang the truck company and was told that it wen ...

did'nt have bogies with it on the truck but all the underframe/vac gear looked complete and the buffers were still there so can only imagine it would'nt take much to get going if it was'nt already.
i ...

was in dev last monday and was passed by one of the kallara transport trucks with a es wagon ?(had 8 rolla doors)
it apparently was off to the apt does anyone know anything about this ,were it came ...

this is not quite correct ,seems like everybody helped them selves to the plates ,was told even the "night security" got one or two.
11,10,#22 plates are about the coast ,dont know what happened to t ...

just another weird question but does anybody know of when the last screw coupler was used in tasmanian mainline revenue.barring societys

anyone seen the new track checking machine i think it might be a xray type?
was unloaded in burnie during the week didnt get a good look at it ,bright yellow with what looks like qr stripes down the ...