Re: Rail delay complaints spark maintenance boost

["Paul Jones" <jonesclan@free.net.au>]

We were 3 hrs late - And I beg to differ... (I've never even seen V sets go
that fast....)

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Paul Jones


"Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Paul Jones" <jonesclan@free.net.au> wrote in message
> BwJo5.5619$Vb.149564@ozemail.com.au">news:BwJo5.5619$Vb.149564@ozemail.com.au...
> > When you go past level crossings soo fast that you don't see them, you
> realy
> > do notice when you slow down. Perhaps we slowed from 130 to 115, or we
> were
> > in a speed restriction or something. The point is, the track is woefull.
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> You would not have been doing over 115 Km/h anywhere.
> Agree with the last point, the track is woefull
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> Russ.
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> > Paul Jones
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> > "David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > 39A27039.A13FAC71@ozemail.com.au">news:39A27039.A13FAC71@ozemail.com.au...
> > > Paul Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > > When i caught the ghan last year from alice springs to syd, we left
> 4.5
> > hrs
> > > > late from alice, and we caught up 4 hrs by broken hill, 2 to adelade
> and
> > 2
> > > > to broken hill.
> > >
> > > Huh?
> > >
> > > > (I never know NR's could go 120....). and the ride was dead
> > > > smooth from adelade to broken hill. Once in NSW, we slowed to at
least
> > 80,
> > > > and still I was finding it hard to sleep, the track was so bad. we
> > caught up
> > > > 15 minutes from broken hill to lithgow. If this isn't an indication
of
> > bad
> > > > track, i don't know what is....
> > >
> > > How do you know you slowed to 80?   The track speed (which they
usually
> > do) is
> > > 115.
> > >
> > >
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> > > David Johnson
> > > trainman@ozemail.com.au
> > > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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> > > These comments are made in a private
> > > capacity and do not represent the
> > > official view of State Rail.
> > > C.O.W.S. Page 11.
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