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 Thread: Where is it - Sydney Suburban - Bounded by Cityrail Network |
marvin
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 Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:32 pm Subject: Re: Where is it - Sydney Suburban - Bounded by Cityrail Netw |
Looks like Campsie?
Bastard 
x 20 minutes !
Marvin the mightily miffed martian
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| Thread: Reg Varney has died! |
marvin
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Forum: The Lounge Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:58 pm Subject: Re: Reg Varney has died! |
... all the serie's that he was in from the "Rag Trade" to "On the Buses"...
I'd forgotten about "The Rag Trade" (c 1961 !). Many thanks for that reminder... the few items that I read had not menti ... |
| Thread: High speed train crash in Dandenong South kills one |
marvin
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Views: 1344
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Forum: Melbourne suburban Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:40 pm Subject: High speed train crash in Dandenong South kills one |
The Herald Sun has posted a picture gallery with nine photos of the accident.
What stuns me is the photograph (#3) which clearly shows the number plate of the vehicle.
Imagine tooling throug ... |
| Thread: What song was #1 on the day we were born. |
marvin
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Views: 677
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Forum: The Lounge Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:00 pm Subject: What song was #1 on the day we were born. |
I am not even going to bother, as it was too far back, 1954 that is! 
No need, David.
Oz 1954: "Sorry - the information we have for the Australian charts starts on January 7th 1956." ... |
| Thread: What song was #1 on the day we were born. |
marvin
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Forum: The Lounge Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:32 pm Subject: Re: What song was #1 on the day we were born. |
... so I rolled the clock back 9 months to the time of my conception ...
I'll bet that one was over in less than three minutes
Marvin the merciless
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| Thread: Northern Illawarra v3 |
marvin
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Forum: MSTS Routes Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:12 am Subject: Re: Northern Illawarra v3 |
Hi Brianb,
I was just wondering when the approx. date of release is for V3?
Many thanks and looking forward to driving it. :Dtaggy,
Given that the BrianB express had a blow-out of the foofle v ... |
| Thread: Where is it - Sydney Suburban - Bounded by Cityrail Network |
marvin
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:01 pm Subject: Re: Where is it - Sydney Suburban - Bounded by Cityrail Netw |
WSTID... Liverpool
marvin
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| Thread: Milsons Point |
marvin
Replies: 21
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:45 pm Subject: Re: Milsons Point |
could you link to the gallery you find these track plans?
Sorry, NSWRTM123, you will need to buy the CD set. Unfortunately this is not an online resource.
marvin
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| Thread: Milsons Point |
marvin
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Views: 1095
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:15 pm Subject: Re: Milsons Point |
Track diagram... circa 1915
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/579/0002771resizedax2.jpg
showing from Milson's Point to [past the] Bay Road Station. Bay Road overbridge is shown, right of station. ... |
| Thread: Milsons Point |
marvin
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:44 pm Subject: Re: Milsons Point |
What or what was the peropus of the sidings at Milsons Point next to Luna Park ?
Was It a passenger terminal before the harbour bridge was built ?
Hi Nathan, good to see a Victorian asking some qu ... |
| Thread: Tamping at Lidcombe Photo's 24/08/08 |
marvin
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:04 pm Subject: Re: Tamping at Lidcombe Photo's 24/08/08 |
G'day Greg
Nice shot of the buffer stop on the Cemetery Siding.
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/2465/cemetarybranchremainsbuce0.jpg
Many thanks for that as I have a particular interest in th ... |
| Thread: Duck Creek branch line Auburn - Photos |
marvin
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Forum: New South Wales Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:58 pm Subject: Re: Duck Creek branch line Auburn - Photos |
Hi dimi108
Good to see interest in the old freight & works branches.
I have had a quick look through the ARHS track & signal diagram and the best that I could find was from 1930. It showed the C ... |
| Thread: Rhodes |
marvin
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:48 pm Subject: Re: Rhodes |
Aerial of the Rhodes peninsula, c1929
.....http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7739/rhodesaerial1c1928ed5.jpg
.....image source: State Library of NSW / http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/gpo1/24/d1_24964.j ... |
| Thread: Rhodes |
marvin
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Views: 2161
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:20 pm Subject: Re: Rhodes |
| When I did the first search of the NSW Track & Signal Digrams CD (thank you, thank you, ARHS - and the people that did this compilation), I only had 4 hits from the database when I searched for "Locat ... |
| Thread: Rhodes |
marvin
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Views: 2161
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:49 am Subject: Re: Rhodes |
Thanks for the extra information, a6et. It's great to have input from the people that were around and involved at the time.
... <snip> The way the siding going into the CSR siding is shown is w ... |
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