Re: Left Wing Jerks

[trambuff@hotmail.com]

Brendan, I belive that Bill may be from Queensland. Evidenced by: 
a) he obviously does not live in NSW as he does not know how a
properly stupid set of rail managers behave.
b) he wrote one sentence
c) he belives anything politically left of what most of us call
"Redneck Arsehole" is a greater insult than any profanity.



On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:28:31 +1100, "Nobody"
<dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote:

>I fully agree. Even with only the Great South Pacific Express they smash the
>living daylights out of every other system. I was amazed when I went to
>Brisbane from Nerang for the first time, and a QR IMU on 3'6 at 140km/h was
>far smoother than a CityRail V set at 60km/h, and quieter than a CityRail
>Tangara. They may not know much about enthusiasts, but they know how to run
>a railway.
>As for left wing vs right wing? Please explain how a rail system is
>socialist or communist, even if it is government owned?
>
>Brendan
>
>"David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au> wrote in message
>38863c8e.0@newshost.pcug.org.au">news:38863c8e.0@newshost.pcug.org.au...
>>
>> W Brock <wbrock1@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
>> 64qh4.742$fQ3.1138@news-server.bigpond.net.au">news:64qh4.742$fQ3.1138@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> > Hi,
>> >      I feel that the high up managers in Qld Rail have no idea on how to
>> run
>> > a railway.
>> > Bill
>> >
>> >
>> Thanks, Bill for your most considered and detailed comment.  Although QR
>> certainly needs to improve its image with enthusiast photographers who
>dare
>> to take pictures of its trains, it runs rings around around NSW in terms
>of
>> its long distance travel for booking facilities, passenger comfort and
>> on-board services, (despite the toy train gauge) and their marketing
>machine
>> would arguably be the best in the country.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> David Bennetts
>> Canberra
>>
>>
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