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Re: Ignore the retard (Was: new groop)



i am nor a retard.  I have an iq of 790

David Mayall

"Erk" <erk@erkV69.au.com> wrote in message
news:3a968783$1@news.iprimus.com.au...
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> "Michael" <usenet.spam@gunzel.net> wrote in message
> news:905161DCBgunzelT333@139.130.239.94...
> | David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in article
> | <JVgl6.23$vT.1188@news0.optus.net.au>:
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> | >>>>> I didn't know the Ghan was to be hauled by the A10.
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> | >>>>... with R711 has the helper loco of course.
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> | >>> Rumour has it that K190, now painted in hot pink will be assisting
> | >>> and not R711.
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> | >> Not true.  They need the MU facilities of the R class to reduce crew
> | >> costs.
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> | >But you can't MU an R with an X100!
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> | K190 has been fitted with controls to MU directly with the X100, and
just
> | about every other steam locomotive. For coal fired units, a portable
> | Metcard machine has been adapted to feed coal from the tender to the
fire
> | box. The only problem there being, it only takes coins (-:
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> A M**card validator will be used as an end of train marker and all
> communications will be carried out by a 1990 Motorola brick (oops phone)
> using any conveinent Russian satellite.
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