Re: Why is it called "up"?

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Derick Wuen wrote:

> Deeg wrote in message <5pw4OWtUwqQ4clq4fHJxb31vnwIb@4ax.com>...
> >On Sat, 3 Jun 2000 12:26:30 +1000, "Derick Wuen"
> ><cullend@webone.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >>Anyway... only northern hemisphere hegemonists think that north should be
> up
> >>on a map!
> >>
> >
> >You mean I've been reading Aussie maps upside-down all my life?
>
> Must be from North Island.....
>
> >
> >I'm not sure what are the accepted designations with NZ railway lines
> >- the timetables have typically not indicated any direction - but,
> >popularly, NB is "up" and SB is "down." Very confounding at the
> >Raurimu Spiral.
> >
> >Don Galt
>
> On the spiral, do the down trains ascend the spiral and up trains descend,
> i.e. down trains go up and up trains go down? This happens at Border Loop in
> northern NSW.

POO:  Border Loop is a now closed crosing loop approximately 1 kilometre North
of Cougal Spiral.


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