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

[Michael Hendy <little_fish_in_a@bigpond.com>]

Gobbledok wrote:
> 
> Michael Hendy wrote:
> 
> > Michael wrote:
> > >
> > > zifnab_spam_@goconnect.net (Paul Jones) wrote in
> > > <9fqciq$5h9fv$1@ID-90616.news.dfncis.de>:
> > >
> > > >> Any one who does travel from Scone to Goulburn must be mad and a dead
> > > >> set gunzel.
> > > >
> > > >I did think about it, but it means driving to Scone from Sydney,
> > > >catching train to Goulburn and back to Sydney, sleeping overnight at
> > > >home, catching train next day back to Scone to pick up car... Is it
> > > >really worth it??? NO!!
> > >
> > > Catch the XPT to Goulburn from Sydney, Endeavour to Campbelltown, spark to
> > > Strathfield, V set to Hamilton, Endevour or 620 to Scone, repeat process in
> > > reverse, except stop at Sydney.
> > >
> > > If you are like most people and compare the comfort of riding the XPT to
> > > disembowling one-self, then replace the XPT with a spark and an Endeavour.
> >
> > XPT isn't applicable, it's not a CityRail service =)
> >
> > If you were to go by CountryLink though, you could do the following:
> >
> > Goulburn Dep: 3:42AM (XPT)
> > Sydney Arr: 6:25AM
> > Sydney Dep: 9:35AM (Xploder)
> > Scone Arr: 1:53PM
> >
> > 10 Hours, 11 Minutes, $74.80
> >
> > Scone Dep: 12:59PM (Xploder)
> > Sydney Arr: 5:00PM
> > Sydney Dep: 6:14PM (Xploder)
> > Goulburn Arr: 8:49PM
> >
> > 7 Hours, 50 Minutes, $74.80.
> >
> > I reckon you're a pu##y til you've done this little special though (I
> > did this in December):
> >
> > Mullumbimby Dep: 10:28PM Thursday
> > Sydney Arr: 11:38AM Friday
> > Sydney Dep: 8:43PM Friday
> > Melbourne Arr: 7:00AM Saturday
> >
> > 32 Hours, 32 Minutes, $28.60 ;) (Pension Travel Voucher)
> >
> > --
> > Michael Hendy
> >
> > Webmaster, http://biisetup.cjb.net
> >
> > e-Gunzel - aus.rail
> >
> > Basilisk II support questions should be sent to the Delphi forums if
> > possible, so that they can be quickly and accurately answered (I don't
> > know everything!)
> >
> > --
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> > software. The universe, however, is trying to make the best idiot.
> > Currently the universe is winning." - Anon.
> >
> > "It is our policy to upgrade our product every few months to keep up to
> > date with new CPUs (such as Athlon and Pentium 4), new Oses (Windows
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> > Emulators Inc.
> 
> Murwillumbah to Melbourne? Ha! Try Lismore to Adelaide, with a stop-over in
> Penrith
> 
> 10:50 pm Lismore to Sydney, arrive 10:30ish.
> Sydney to Penrith (not too sure of the time of that one, around 11am, arriving
> close to midday).
> Penrith to Sydney(once again, not too sure of the time, around 2 pm, arriving
> close to 3pm).
> Sydney to Adelaide(leave around 5:30pm, arrive around same time next day)
> Keswick to Adelaide(about 5 minutes, if that)
> 
> Did it back in 1999...therefore cannot remember exact times of the trains, except
> for the Lismore XPT (since I caught it so often).

I get the Murwillumbah every now and then...

-- 
Michael Hendy

Webmaster, http://biisetup.cjb.net

e-Gunzel - aus.rail

Basilisk II support questions should be sent to the Delphi forums if
possible, so that they can be quickly and accurately answered (I don't
know everything!)

--
"The world's programmers are trying to make the best idiot-proof
software. The universe, however, is trying to make the best idiot.
Currently the universe is winning." - Anon.

"It is our policy to upgrade our product every few months to keep up to
date with new CPUs (such as Athlon and Pentium 4), new Oses (Windows
XP), so that our code base does not get stable." - Darek Mihocka,
Emulators Inc.