Re: Train Order working

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"Robert Parnell" <rparnell@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>
> Train Orders are definitely not in use between Broken Hill and Parkes yet -
> I travelled through there Sun night/early Mon. morning on the East-bound IP.
> Stopping every 20-30 minutes to attend to the current safeworking partly
> adds to the rough ride as the train was bunched and unbunched at each stop.
> The crew may not have been used to hauling passenger trains. There is also
> the noticeable boundary of each track authority from Perth to Sydney -
> clearly evident by the ride quality. By far the worst section is from Broken
> Hill station to Sydney. Meals in the dining car were served without any
> problem until NSW - watch your drinks are now spilling, the cutlery now
> vibrates and slowly creeps to the edge of the table, bottles of wine falling
> off the bar repeatedly. No such problems else where. A foreign passenger
> commented that we were travelling at a much greater speed (at meal sitting
> after Broken Hill.) I timed the train and we were travelling around 120
> km/h - the same speed as the Nullabor, but much more noticeable on the
> different quality of track.



The sooner that track comes under the ARTC the better.

----Terry Burton
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