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michaelgreenhill
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:57 pm
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Did anyone watch this? They had a brief coverage on the Darwin railway. Lot of political horse manure, but interesting never the less 
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simont141
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:30 pm
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It's meant to be finished by next Thursday.
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michaelgreenhill
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:41 pm
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The whole line? Now that IS impressive!
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Thomas the tank engine
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:58 pm
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Well, the first train will start using the line next January, so what happens between next week, when they claim will finish the line, and January?
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michaelgreenhill
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:00 pm
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I'd say signalling, fencing, tamping, etc
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Thomas the tank engine
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:06 pm
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Excuse my ignorance, but are there 2 lines running parallel to one another, or just 1 line?
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michaelgreenhill
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:08 pm
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Single track with passing loops
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mjja
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 10:27 am
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I heard it on the 11pm radio news. There was a cut-short quote from someone about how wonderful this would be for making Darwin a port for export of stuff to South East Asia, and creating a "great railway journey" too - I guess they mean the Ghan.
Happy Gunzelling and remember, "Go by rail!"
Michael Angelico
President, Smart Passengers Inc
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BlueBird 255
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 11:19 am
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Freight link still dont have any contracts
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John of Melbourne
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 11:47 pm
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| Thomas the tank engine wrote: | | Well, the first train will start using the line next January, so what happens between next week, when they claim will finish the line, and January? |
From Today's (Melbourne) Herald-Sun editorial; note the last line:| Quote: | Yesterday, completion of another dream - the $1.28 billion rail link between Alice Springs and Darwin neared reality.
Welders finished the link between the Adelaide-Alice Springs track and the new 1420km Alice Springs-Darwin section.
Only 10km of track at the Darwin end remains to be laid before our front door is linked with the rest of the nation. |
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jm1941
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 11:23 am
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Did you get to see the Adelaide ABC TV news of the 3 or 4 yellow fully loaded ballast hoppers on their side on new Darwin track. 2 hoppers were across the track itself, was impressive. They must have been hooking along, the ballast derailment was shot from the air.
Seeing that, does makes one think in terms of a major derailment way out in the real sticks of Australia.
I remember when stationed at Jamestown, the Broken Hill - Port Pirie standard gauge was finally connected to the Perth - Sydney standard guage track, there were several quite big derailments, till the new track settled down, like this derailment just out from Jamestown after the standard guage track opened in Jan 1970.
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John.
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Silver Bullet 225M
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:56 pm
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OOPS!
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Shacks
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 9:01 pm
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Today the track layer, 20 wagons and 2 locomotives arrived in the Darwin rail yards. The loco's were 2203 (Darwin) and 2202 (Katherine). 2203 biengh the first locomotive to enter the yards
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zipitidoodah
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 7:26 pm
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| michaelgreenhill wrote: | | Did anyone watch this? They had a brief coverage on the Darwin railway. Lot of political horse manure, but interesting never the less |
I saw it, and yes it was quite interesting. Is there an official name for that huge long thing that had the crane moving along it?
| simont141 wrote: | | It's meant to be finished by next Thursday. |
That is, you can run a train from one end to the other and keep it on some rail the whole way without encountering any dirt patches.
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