Re: [syd]track diagrams

["Jeff Melvaine" <jeffm52@rivernet.com.au>]

MattyQ <mattyq1009@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Michael de la Pena" <michaeldelapena@MailAndNews.com> wrote in message
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> > Does anyone have or know where to get track diagrams of the the sydney
> > system?
> > like the ones in the book "First Stop Central", except newer. Thanks
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> The most comprehensive one I know of is the "NSW Track and Signalling
> diagrams" CD-ROM compiled by ARHS-NSW. It, too, is slightly dated but it
> contains every track diagram that was ever published from year dot to the
> time of publishing (1881 to 1998). There are 8,500 diagrams in all. Get
> ready to dig deep, though - it costs $80.

The CD-ROM is also rather more difficult to leaf through in geographical
order of stations; you have to retrieve each diagram individually through
the index, knowing the station name to look for.  But if you want the
historical detail (e.g. what did the Milson's Point station look like before
the bridge was built?), the CD-ROM is definitely the pick.
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> Matt Smith
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