Re: [OT] Airing out personal differences (Was: The future of broad guage...)

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

> Very well said. It seems unfortunately, that certain members of this
group
> seem to have differences with other people in the group that they
just have
> to air out. I will admit, that I have done it from time to time in
the
> past, but I don't keep on it incessantly like a broken record.
Neither do
> most other people who have differences from time to time, like the
MVA/DVA
> debate of last week.
>
> People get sick of seeing the same shit all the time, and this is I
think
> is ruining the newsgroup. Many people I know have left the group
because
> it's gone downhill of late - very downhill. This newsgroup however,
seems
> like utupia, when you compare it to groups like aus.comms, where you
could
> ask a simple question, and 90% of the time have flames thrown at you
from
> all angles.
>
> Just take a look at the aus.rail archives, back in 1997, 1998, and
compare
> to now.
There were LOTS of difficult people in the newsgroup also.



> Regards
>
> Michael
This is reflecting recent railway developments ... there's not much
going on in the railway industry lately. Small surprises(FA/FV,some
interstate business)no rolling stock ordered or delivery. Compared with
1997(eg, AN privatisation), 1998(eg introduction of tilt train/GSPE)

There are bunch of talks(Speedrail, Melbourne-Darwin rail link) but
little action. Things might get better soon as Victorian operators
order their new toys. Arrival of Millenium trains, Alice Spring-Darwin
rail link and starting of 80m$ upgrading Victoiran country lines,
privatisation of Westrail and NR and hopefully some surprises!



Cheers

James


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