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DRR_Fireman
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:27 pm
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| brod13 wrote: | | Quick question, is there any log traffic coming into Boyer? Via rail that is.. |
As of right now? No. Not as far as I know. In the future? Who knows?
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brod13
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:54 pm
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Yeah didnt think so, haven't seen a log wagon down there for ages!
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SteveW
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:54 am
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That is correct.
There is no log traffic on rail at all.
Pity as there is bucket loads to be had!!
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Steve W
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ebr1
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:11 pm
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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 cartage firm near stanley.
he was saying that after all costs were taken into account eg truck repayments,driver wages,rego etc that the profit from each trip was a staggering $38.00 dollars .
so you could nearly say that they cart for nothing, therefore the rail has no hope of trying to cart logs again. why would you! no money in it
again going on what he said was correct...
good old gunns!!!
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brod13
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:17 pm
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| ebr1 wrote: | just out of interest , was talking to a log truck driver the other day about cartage costs ,it was quite interesting.
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And as my Pop drove a log truck for many many years, i'm pretty sure you can only do a number of loads per day so that would restrict them even further..
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12CSVT
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:44 am
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Quick question, is there any log traffic coming into Boyer? Via rail that is..
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Quick answer.......NO
To be a bit more informative, PNT pulled the plug on the log traffic when they had the motive power crisis. They haven't bothered to try and get it back (which they could do if they wanted, as truck transport is against Norske Skog environmental policy)
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SZ
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DRR_Fireman
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:40 pm
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Is anyone going to ask a question or can I? I've got one that even I dont know the answer to.
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brod13
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:47 pm
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Well i don't think anyone's going to stop you.
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DRR_Fireman
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:57 pm
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Alright then.
Which was the last manned station in Tasmania?
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Z1NorthernProgress2110
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:11 am
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There is 2 ways i can answer this.
Burnie is still manned. So there couldn't be a last manned station in Tasmania.
If you really want a last manned station, i reckon any of the Hobart suburbs, Derwent Park station before it fiery death or Bridgewater before demolition.
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crisfitz
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:13 pm
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Can anyone help me with this photo I took in 1986 ??? I think it was somewhere on the west coast. It wasn't at a museum, definately on a siding somewhere.
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DRR_Fireman
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:05 pm
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Could that be the SP that was at Tullah?
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tasrail
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:16 pm
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Or the SP could be at National Park. I can't really recall where at Tullah the SP actually was or what the topography was like
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Stuart
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Guv
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:54 pm
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The SP at Tullah was in a driveway next to a house. It looks like SP6 at National Park.
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crisfitz
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:46 pm
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Thanks muchly people
What happened to this car ??
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