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The ACF was also against increased COPPER shipments because, somehow, they were contaminated with radio-activity.

It seems to me they are trading on ignorance.

EMD - I don't believe YM-Mundrabilla is drawing any conclusions - he is merely asking questions and makes a number of observations along the way.

From a position of complete ignorance, the conclusi ...

I think Gallipoli or Breaker Morant had a scene filmed on platform 12 at North Tce

Breaker Morant had at least one scene shot at the Gawler station - it extended only to some soldiers coming to att ...

Malaysian - 777-200
Singapore - 777-200
Air NZ - 737
Cathay - A330
QANTAS - A330

As for the south, the storms went through at a great rate of knots but missed the town.

You obviously weren't awake at 3:30 am - 4:00 am when my sister and I left Alice Springs for the south! ...

Washout or heard of cattle ?
I recived a text saying the latter.
But that was 3rd hand information.
Wash out most likely - it bucketed down in Alice Saturday morning - roads in and around the town ...

I am heartened by your answer, prr934. I was afraid that, in the current climate, the dollar would intervene and intense pressure would be put on the driver to continue in conditions he/she con ...

Just after the old international terminal opened I flew to Auckland in a 747 from Adelaide when Qantas had a regular Auckland 747 service from Adelaide, and even before that 747s were occassional visi ...

No one is suggesting that any driver take risks with a train about which he is dubious (ie brakes cut out etc) but you seem to confuse the fact that the dynamic brake is a bonus to safe train oper ...

It is not that it should not be done, or can not be done, but rather the implications of a driver digging in his heels and saying to his employer "Until you provide me with a safe, or much safer, work ...

This would be for the IMX iron ore project as its north of Prominent Hill.

The underpasses are several 10s of km north of the Prominent Hill turnoff and perhaps only 2 or 3 km apart - certainly not ...

I am talking about the sort of situation that occurred here: [url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2001/RAIR/rair2001003.aspx]QR Coal train derailment.

Neil,

Surely you can't be serious. Driving a train down the Adelaide Hills on air only is perfectly safe, & every driver is trained to do it correctly. As Maaaark said previously, the dynamic brake ...

So if a locomotive is being used that has never been fitted with dynamic braking due to its age, model etc, then it should never work through the Adelaide Hills because it is an OSH issue?

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While I have no doubt that a skilled driver can handle such a train I also note that a skilled pilot can also handle an aircraft with 3 of its 4 engines not working.

The pilot would be most unlikel ...