Re: Ideas for Brisbane Airport rail line

["Luke Watson" <watsonia@one.net.au>]

Um bill u also forgot to mention that annoying voice that says something
like
"This Is A CLEVELAND train".......i mean really!

Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org> wrote in message
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> "RC" <richy_ch_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> As I thought, the question was too embarrassing to get a direct
> answer.
>
> > Better than the Waverton crawl...
>
> Not at all... and for MUCH longer that just between two stations!
>
> > Also bear in mind that in the early 80s (and late 80s for that matter)
some
> > realignments occurred on the Beenleigh line
>
> None that impacted the sections which cause the endemic slow running
> over much of the Beenleigh line.... such a disappointment after the
> fast trip from the Gold Coast to Beenleigh.
>
> > - please remind me the last time a realignment was carried out on
> > the Cityrail system
>
> Realignments of the same nature as the one you referred to above
> around Beenleigh have occurred at a number of places on the CityRail
> system as the track layout has been rationalised or other major works
> have taken place in recent years.  The recent rearrangements around
> Hornsby are a good example.
>
> > Give up Sydney people - go back to the stench of decay that surrounds a
> > declining rail system. Brissie and Perth people have a lot to be proud
of
>
> How quickly the memory of the decrepit steam era Brisbane suburban
> system has faded.  The real test will be what CityTrain looks like
> after its been running an electric network 70 years.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
>
> Bill Bolton
> Sydney, Australia