We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. QRIG Mailing List (#qrhistory) chat room on Austnet IRC Servers Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2003 Time: 7:00PM...
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Apr 1, 2003 9:02 am
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Now that one year has gone, this one is unfortunate but I've decided to post this to a public forum; mainly for archival reasons. I did a 3 minute journey on...
Hey all, I have been wondering for a while exactly where Stanley Street Station was positioned in Rocky? I assume that it ws further north of the present...
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Apr 1, 2003 11:02 pm
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Mark, Can you please make sure an appropriate subject is entered into the subject field before posting messages to QRIG. Thank you, Dean Stalker List Owner &...
... From: "Mark Nolan" <mr.nolan@...> To: <qrig@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:03 AM Subject: [qrig] Hey all, I have been wondering...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. QRIG Mailing List (#qrhistory) chat room on Austnet IRC Servers Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2003 Time: 7:00PM...
qrig@yahoogroups.com
Apr 2, 2003 6:02 am
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Mark & others, I can't tell you exactly *where* STANLEY STREET was, however the following snippet of info from QR Weekly Notice No.617 13/5/1920 may be of...
Hi All Am I correct in saying/thinking Stanley Street Station was the main station existing up until the new (current) one was built. If it is it was located ...
Peter Murray
Murraylot@...
Apr 2, 2003 10:36 am
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If you stand on the intersection of Stanley St and Denison St and look back towards the current station, it is just on the left. The platform is still there...
All, There is a view just like Graham says in ARMA Railways of Qld vol 1, the centerfold. Frank T If you stand on the intersection of Stanley St and Denison St...
Peter, To me it looks like this, Rockhampton Stanley Street (closed) Archer Park (closed) Alton Downs Junction (closed) Glenmore Junction Alton Downs Junction...
Some pictures of Stanley St Station can be found in the ARHS publication "Sunshine Route Jubilee" of 1975; back cover, P.71[ Brian Webber's pic], P.40, P.15...
Hi All, Are there anymore 423's being built and if so, any undergoing conversion at the moment? Regards Tim Gray Casino NSW [Non-text portions of this message...
Hey QRIG'ers, We're currently running extremely low on space in the Photos section on YahooGroups, so I'm going to go through and cull any images that were...
Shane, Whilst not wanting to create fear, what you say is generally correct, but it's all much more complicated than that. Firstly, all of the train protection...
Peter is basically correct. Following the tracks south along Denison Street and across Stanley Street trains immediately came to the Stanley Street platform,...
John Kerr
jkerr@...
Apr 2, 2003 12:42 pm
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all, Yes I thought it wasroughly in this posi. I was recently in rocky but failed to see the platform. I always assumed it was on the western side of the...
Peter, I have this book and it is fascinating to read and see how much as altered in 30 years. virtually all photos taken even just prior to publication bear...
Folks I'm just curious. Considering the reliability of the Citytrain service, how does QR handle failed units or even major services on city trains. I assume...
Ken, Only problem is that when we are employed, we have no time to ponder and no time to see trains. As far as I understand, there are always spare sets held...
Ken, Generally QR has a few spare units at most times. If you go along the ICB during peak hour there is still a few units in the yard at Mayne. This small ...
... Man killed ... From the Herbert River Express, Saturday March 29, 2003 MAN KILLED IN FREIGHT TRAIN INCIDENT An Ingham man is dead after being struck by a...
Hi all, On ch9 news tonight, they showed a brief segment on a traiing exercise for the emergency services today. The scenario was a freight and pasenger train...
Hi everyone The 8 months was not to plan the rescue but to plan the accident needing the rescue. A couple of the firies involved in the simulation commented on...
... (Rest of message clipped) Thanks Adam and Frank. I was just curious as EMUs are such a specalised item that they would have to provide their own spares....
... The reason why this sort of thing takes so long to be planned is that you need ALL personnel to attend so that they can ALL learn, whereas in a real case...
Try to bring this thread back on-topic ... we are here to talk about railways, and not emergency services. If you want to continue talking about this, take it...