Re: G7 up to 160 km/h

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

"Chris Lehmann" <chrisjl@iname.com> wrote in message
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> David Johnson wrote in message <38980B6B.62738163@ozemail.com.au>...
> >On Tuesday Feb 15, G7 will depart Sydney at 0842 for an XPT speed test to
> >Newcastle and returning at 1234.  It will be stopping at Strathfield,
> Epping,
> >Hornsby, Woy Woy, Gosford, Tuggerah, Wyong, Warnervale, Wyee, Morisset,
> >Fassifern, Cardiff, Broadmeadow, Hamilton and Civic on the down for a
2'27"
> >run.  On the up it will stop at Hamilton, Broadmeadow, Cardiff,
Fassifern,
> >Morisset, Hornsby and Strathfield for a 2'16" run.
> >
> >It will be empty in both directions.
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>
> Just a minor technical/grammatical question.  Doesn't the single
apostrophe
> (')
> mean "minute" and the double apostrophe (") mean "second" ???  Just a
query
> as a 2 minute 27 second trip to Newcastle would be really, really fast.
Or
> have
> the Railways changed the meaning of those abbreviations ??
>
> Chris Lehmann
>
>
I thought ' means feet and " means inches so it is a 2 foot 27 inch trip to
Newcastle.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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