Re: Kuranda tourist train
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
22 Jul 1997 02:56:12 GMT
David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
>Brisbane is not used as the point of measurement. I think it is done from
>somewhere like Ipswitch but I am not sure of the exact location. Down is AWAY
>from that point. Up is towards it. For example, a train from Ipswitch to
>Brisbane is a down train.
Queensland's first railway was from Ipswich to Grandchester. The datum
point is not the current Ipswich station. Various rebuilds have seen the
platforms relocated at least twice since 1865.
Cheers
David