Remember about 15 years ago rolling in to town and unexpectedly swing the market on. Was great from memory. Ended up having lunch at the pub on the main street on the veranda.
Remember about 15 years ago rolling in to town and unexpectedly (for us) the market on. Was great from memory. Ended up having lunch at the pub on the main street on the veranda. The
27:00, that malcolm moore grader was probably made in its port melbourne factory that was in williamstown road near bridge street. a lot of my friends got apprenticeships there.
The tragedy of the Southern Aurora crash was due to the train driver having a heart attack and dying a good 6 miles before the accident site and the train continuing down the track out of control until it hit a freight train that was due to move in to a passing loop (obviously there’s more technical details online ).
thanks for the update ... I didn't know that as I always thought that the train driver had to keep their hand on a lever or do something every minute or so or the train would automatically come to a stop - maybe I seen that on TV !
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885 I’m no train expert. And I know these days (like you said) there’s a dead man’s handle. But I’m not sure what existed back in the 1960’s. I know these days of computerisation that if you pass a danger signal or exceed the limit at certain points there are track circuits that apply emergency brakes and such - specially overseas. But back then???
Remember about 15 years ago rolling in to town and unexpectedly swing the market on. Was great from memory. Ended up having lunch at the pub on the main street on the veranda.
Remember about 15 years ago rolling in to town and unexpectedly (for us) the market on. Was great from memory. Ended up having lunch at the pub on the main street on the veranda. The
hopefully they'll get their licence and reopen !
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27:00, that malcolm moore grader was probably made in its port melbourne factory that was in williamstown road near bridge street. a lot of my friends got apprenticeships there.
thanks for the information - interesting ... I just assumed they were imported or came in ''kit-form''
The tragedy of the Southern Aurora crash was due to the train driver having a heart attack and dying a good 6 miles before the accident site and the train continuing down the track out of control until it hit a freight train that was due to move in to a passing loop (obviously there’s more technical details online ).
thanks for the update ... I didn't know that as I always thought that the train driver had to keep their hand on a lever or do something every minute or so or the train would automatically come to a stop - maybe I seen that on TV !
@@urbanaerialexplorer1885
I’m no train expert. And I know these days (like you said) there’s a dead man’s handle. But I’m not sure what existed back in the 1960’s. I know these days of computerisation that if you pass a danger signal or exceed the limit at certain points there are track circuits that apply emergency brakes and such - specially overseas. But back then???