Not the first time, either. Bloomfield Colliery didn't load one around a decade ago and it got spat out the side as the train came off the branch at Thornton, dragging a bunch of its' bar-coupled mate ...

[quote=DirtyBallast][quote][quote][quote]...looking at the bigger picture. My [i][b]grandchildren [/b][/i]will still be paying...[/quote]You say you are concerned for your grandchildren, yet you want ...

[quote=DirtyBallast][quote]...looking at the bigger picture. My [i][b]grandchildren [/b][/i]will still be paying...[/quote]You say you are concerned for your grandchildren, yet you want to continue bu ...

[quote=The Vinelander][quote]COVID19, the gift that'll keep on giving forever. Now restaurants and pubs will have to throw away tens of millions of dollars worth of food and people will have to stay a ...

I was due to fly back to work on the 23rd. That won't be happening now. FFS Scotty from Marketing needs to have the balls to take command of the situation and stop this individualistic protectionist a ...

[quote=420renegade][quote]Advice to operators is 5 - 8 weeks being closed. Most likely get one line operational and work on Pilot Staff. [/quote]both up and down lines are signaled bi directional trac ...

[quote=Fatty][quote][i]lots of very relevant stuff[/i][/quote]While that is true I reckon it's a pretty big stretch to say they the rail industry is becoming "more dangerous than it's ever been".[/quo ...

please explain how ONRSR  contributed to this particular incident ?

in 13  years as a network controller nothing has come from onsr that has made things we do less safe.

How amazingly odd to have 3 derailments with the same set of wagons or wagon type.

What are the odds?

[quote=Fatty][quote]QUBE had their own runaway down the hill a couple years ago. No damage except the seat cushions needed replacement.[/quote]

I'm told that this is the same set of wagons that were ...

[quote=bevans][quote]QUBE's 3966N led by CM3316 & CM3304 derailed this morning at Farmborough Heights.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2737420493190869&id=1819332434999684/quote

Si ...

[quote=gunzel42][quote]According to this document, dated August 2020, ATP fitment has been integrated into the TTU, which is scheduled to be complete September 2022. One completed set would be nice!

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But does that include the car parks in Central Park, or just the parkland in Central Park? I'm parking confused...

[quote=freightgate]$28b into the Sydney metro leaves a $2.2b investment in suburban metro in Melbourne in the dust.

Amazing investment in Sydney will will bring benefits and investment from busine ...

The only thing I don't like about the CAF trains are that they are built using aluminium not stainless steel I just hope crash standards are not compromised.

Looks like Aurizon installed those Thetford-type cassette toilets on some of their locos and I'm guessing a few crew have pulled a muscle or back trying to lift & move it from the loco off the footpla ...

Was his depot visit work related or just his personal interest?  If the latter, will he actually get the train driver's job?

[quote=News.com.au]A Victorian man who flouted border restrictions by kayaking into South Australia has been sentenced.

Police were notified on Monday that a man was believed to have entered the st ...

According to [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_wall]Wikipedia, most of what has been built only replaced existing structures.
[quote=Wikipedia]By October 29 2020, 400 miles (640 km) h ...

Genuine question...What colour is The Don going to turn if/when the news comes through that he's lost?

Weekend at Bernie's y'all:

https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1323902358808649731?s=19

Uh, discussion about what exactly?!?

Victoria has recorded no new coronavirus cases for the first time since June 6.

[quote=RTT_Rules][quote][quote]Overhead transmission lines will send the electricity generated by Sun Cable to Darwin and feed into the state’s power grid, but Griffin said two-thirds of the power w ...

[quote=don_dunstan]Being constructed by the green energy billionaires not for the benefit of Australia [b](none of the energy will be used here)[/b] but instead to export to Asia so that (as with the ...