Reminder from: qrig Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qrig/cal QRIG.org IRC Chat Wednesday October 1, 2008 6:00 pm - 12:00 am (This event repeats...
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Hi, I worked for Qmag and AMC a few years back. Qmag started up in 1991 or 92. As part of its EIS or equivalent back in the late 80's they indicated they would...
Does anyone know any info about a steamer I heard whilst I was in the bank at Sherwood around 1200? Cheers Roscoe Make the switch to the world's best...
Matt, Rob, Quote MTQ "...magnetite..." Unquote MTQ Yeah, ok, presumably by the layout they were going to rail it north as that is how the points were laid out,...
Ah yes, forgot about that. Thanks Clinton Cheers Roscoe ... From: Clinton Taylor <clinton1051@...> To: qrig@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, 2 October,...
All, A question from another list....... Are there any current load restrictions on the Fitzroy River bridge near Glenmore Junction? Were load restrictions the...
Frank / all, If the proposed balloon loop was to face north, could it have been related to the nickel traffic that was being railed from Glen Geddes to ...
For a long time prior to single tracking, threre were restrictions; definately no two trains on the bridge at the same time. Do not know about signals, but...
Was told by a Qmag employee they used Glenn Geddings siding/loop to load the Nickel ore as the access road to the reserve heads away from the rail loop into...
Shane, Are the containers being loaded for Ravensthorpe the yellow BHP Nickel containers that bring the Ni Hydroxide over from Esperance to Townsville for ...
That's 3 days in a row with steam on the western line. Workshops Circus train on Tuesday and Wednesday (fully booked Tuesday trip allowed for the additional...
Sighted the AC16 at Mayne Electric Locomotive Provisioning shed (where are they now? - Steamies moved in!) approx 16:40 ... Tuesday trip allowed for the...
Just a quick one ... 1746h - 1744D(*)+17??+21??+4008 sauntering through Darra station on their way to Redbank Workshops. * - QR Blue. Cheers, Dean [Non-text...
... The initial proposal for the Marlborough nickel project was to rail north to Mackay - that was late nineties. Cheers Arthur ... have been ... Geddes to ......
Sorry Arthur, but I don't see the connection. You are referring to a proposal for Marlborough in the late nineties - I was talking about the trains that...
... Sorry Tony, didn't mean to look like I was disputing the Glen Geddes traffic - it was still going in 1995 when I moved to Townsville - I was just offering...
Interesting, QNL either didn't know, couldn't or didn't attempt to use the Malborough deposit. This deposit is now part of the Gladstone Nickel project. If I...
1505 hrs- Northgate- 2 car ICE heads north "special" on desto board. was set 153 Clinton _________________________________________________________________ ...
For those list members who do not have a copy of Rail Australia, the article is reproduced below. It seems this issue (Number 23) appeared during the last...
... prototype ... Yes, the NZR Di preceded the QR 1620. I imagine that in the case of the Di, NZR had a preference for the road-switcher layout, and that EE...
Hello all, Please excuse my ignorance here, but re the Steam Train Sunday route; the blurb on QR's site about the route of the 'Yank' and its train states it...
Colin Their version of the Sherwood Loop is almost as described by you, not that bit of track between Sherwood and the branch, although it will be used. The...
Gents, What became of English Electric? Were they taken over, just shutdown and disappeared or what? Is there any sites which cover the history of the Rocklea...
Great feed back and point noted that it was in fact east of the rail line. While we are talking about GG's, during the NCL upgrade nearby there used to be one...
Ben asked; What became of English Electric? Were they taken over, just shutdown and disappeared or what? Is there any sites which cover the history of the...
Really? I do like English Electric then . the French TGV is built by Alstom! :P Cheers, Mick From: qrig@yahoogroups.com [mailto:qrig@yahoogroups.com] On...
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