Re: [OT] You know you're a hardcore railfan when...

[Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au>]

Gobbledok wrote:

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> ...when you play a game like Transport Tycoon, and only use trains

Other forms of transport in TT are inefficent. Railways are the way to go.
Have you tried to emulate the Hunter Valley coalfields? 9 wagon coal trains with a
single Eurostar 7000hp engine running to mines and then to power stations in a loop
configuation are very big money makers. :)

> ...when you spend 15 minutes playing around with ticket machines finding out how
> much the longest journey on the Cityrail network would cost, then looking at
> timetables to see the shortest period of time to do it in.

Longest journey would be from Scone to Goulburn. Rail distance: 513.54km Cost: $29
single, $58 return, $34 off peak return.

Scone dep: 5:56am
Hamiliton arr: 7:56am (change for Central service)
Hamiliton dep: 8:03am
Central arr: 10:21am
Central dep: 3:46pm
Goulburn arr: 6:46pm

Journey time: 12 hours, 50 minutes. (with a 5 hour 25 minute wait for next Goulburn
train at Central).

Regards,

Jon Lau