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Re: Auzzie.rail catching up.
I had a look at the archives on Railpage the other day and the most recent
was August 2000.
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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"Erk" <erk@erkV69.au.com> wrote in message
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> Maikha
>
> Give the Railpage archives a look if you want to catch up and not reply.
>
>
> <maikha_l@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> | To all Aus.Railers.
> |
> | Hello I'm back.
> |
> | -Train Chasing I'm planning to travel to these destinations. From
> | Penrith to:
> |
> | -Katoomba then
> | -Central
> | -Hawksbury River
> | -Waterfall or even beyond
> | -Strathfield and finally back to
> | -Penrith.
> |
> |
>
> You could do it all in one day if you don't want to spend long in each
> location, especially if going by train. You could spread it over a few
days
> though. That is even a long schedule by car if you are doing the driving
(or
> a long day for the pilot if you are the co-pilot/navigator). I'd do
Katoomba
> and Lithgow in one day, Waterfall & Wollongong another and the Hunter on
> another day. As for Penrith, you have lots of time for that...........
>
> Let me have an opinion here, is it possible that all that can be done
> | in one day?
> | Cost? I have checked and it will get me under either $15 or $10 to
> | travel on a Child (I really like my age!), One-Way and maybe even
> | cheaper if Off-Peak.
> |
> |
> | -I'm just wondering, I'm sure I asked some of yous (When I had the
> | communication 'blackout' with Aus.rail) about trying to get acess to
> | Delec and the 3801ltd. shed at Eveleigh.
> |
> | Is it possible at Delec (Suggested by someone "on a Sunday with no
> | bosses around") that I can walk into the office and ask if they can
> | give me acess to the 46 class (4638)?
> | Or just wonder in with my trusty Orange Safety vest on a Sunday as well
> | not going to close to the sheds (suggested by someone else)
>
> I was near Delec the other day (I was trying to be a good gunzel and doing
> it legally from behind the fences) and found that the best views are on
> Cosgrove Street (where the depot is actually located) and Gould Street but
> you really need a zoom lens (and it isn't the prettiest with fences and
> other stuff everywhere). I find it unlikely that they'll let an
> unaccompanied minor (or anyone for that matter but I might be wrong) walk
in
> there, especially while movements are going on. There still would be some
> bosses around on a Sunday - who do you think supervises the drivers?
>
> |
> | Same applies for the 3801ltd. sheds. Ask politely for the people in the
> | office (In the former "Sputnik" Motor Car?) if they can give me access
> | to the large and very stylish 3801?
>
>
> See above. There are plently of locations that you can do this as part of
a
> tour.
>
> |
> | -Chullora (formerly Elcar, until those big Newspaper Rollers came in
> | and flattened it!). Anything good there today, that I can see from the
> | boundary fence?
> |
> | -What's a good viewing spot for the Enfield Marshalling Yards?
> | Wentworth St.?
>
> Wentworth Street is a good (the only?) spot.
>
> |
> | -Hardies, Goodyear and Sandown branch still existing? (Anyone got any
> | pics. of those stations?
>
> As stated before (you might have missed it), the stations are long gone
but
> the line still exists and sees oil & container trains as well as stabled
> trains on race days at Rosehill.
>
> |
> | -In Photography, Black and White film. where can I get it from
> | (Preferably in Penrith, ksk ksk, Erk and Neety)? and would it be
> | cheaper or much more expensive?
> | What is the typical colour film you Pro's use in your camera's (I think
> | Kodak Max seems to odd for a Rookie Phtographer!)
>
>
> ksk, ksk?
>
> neety's experience with b & w is more extensive than mine and the only 2 b
&
> w films I have ever brought were from the photo shop near Franklins in the
> Plaza. I usually buy Agfa 400 ASA now in the 3 packs at Big W. It might be
> worth going for a walk and comparing the prices at the photo shops and Big
W
> in the Plaza as well as K Mart. I have used Konica, Fuji, Kodak (only 800
> ASA) and Agfa and even No Frills with good results. Keep in mind that at
> most places, processing B & W is more expensive than colour. Prices do
vary
> from location to location and film to film.
>
>
>
> |
> | -And last but not least, Lithgow Locomotive Depot, like Delec, can I
> | gain access there (Where the 46 Class's were formerly Stowed)?
> |
>
> If you have a zoom lens, a good spot is Scenic Hill above the Depot (I
must
> go back there with my newish 300mm). There is also a vacant bit of land
next
> to the depot on the Lithgow side that gives you good legal views of the
yard
> from behind a low fence.
>
> |
> | I think I should finish there, gone a little bit far to catch up!
> | Anywayz tell me what you all think.
> | In the mean time,
> | Cheers:-)
> |
> | Maikha "V" Ly
> | http://www.geocities.com/microchip_689
> | P.S. Delec is on which Road? cogrove Rd. or Gould St.?
> |
> |
> |
> | Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> | Before you buy.
>
>
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> Eric
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