Brian, You noted the low traffic on the train line, and didn't you say the train only stopped if you phoned ahead? Think about the time before phones, we had a different practice in the USA. We had a semaphore signal or flagpole where you showed you wanted a stop. The locomotive engineer saw the signal and brought the train to a stop. I don't see anything like that at Olary, not even remnants. Am I missing it? Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day all > > A follow up to my previous PESO... > > Mannahill is about 60 km down the track from Olary but the railway > station facilities are an order of magnitude different. There are still > only two passenger services a week but waiting in the outback heat would > be much more pleasant - only natural air conditioning though. > > The more palatial railway station at Mannahill is due to a goldrush > there in the late 1800s - it's certainly not justified for the current > population of around 60. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1061a-peso.html > > > And here's the previous PESO: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1056a-peso.html > > > Comments, of course, most welcome. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > -- > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
