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[autocoupler]

gee even the trains aren't manned or the mining equipment because it's cheaper and safer not to employ people.

Gee wiz AJ :shock: don't know about that Mate :scratch_one-s_head:, as far as I know all coal trains on the eastern seaboard are still manned, although there was some talk of unmanned iron ore trains in the West. In NSW, just using the Hunter, Central West and Liverpool Plains mining regions as an example, last I read there were something like 22,000 coal train trips running through Muswellbrook each year, all of which are stilled manned. Don't know what percentage that is of Australia's overall activity, but that many trains running through congested built up areas takes a lot of infrastructure and planning, and to do it unmanned would be just plain loco :angel: :nea:

Hang on a bit, I haven't considered all the model railway enthusiasts who didn't man their loco's with train crew, they need to get prototypical :mocking:  :biggrin:

[r9453]

22,000 per year is more than 60 per day - that seems like a lot to me.

[ausjack]

Hehe "loco" love the pun Yes they aren't unmanned yet but it's coming and apparently the new trains that will be going in from western sydney are going to be unmanned according to the state gov not long ago so how many jobs would there have been there when they will probably run 24/7.

I don't know why they didn't because they have them, gee they have most of the workers
 

and even real cool looking little drivers :mocking:

22,000 per year is more than 60 per day - that seems like a lot to me.

Yes that's a lot of coal :shock:

[autocoupler]

22,000 per year is more than 60 per day - that seems like a lot to me.

It is a lot, but that would be 30 loaded X 30 empties. Just goes to show the extent of the business, considering this is just one area of many. I did hear  that the ARTC upgraded the track and signalling infrastructure at Muswellbrook a couple of years ago to allow for a capacity of 93 trains per day.    

I don't know why they didn't because they have them, gee they have most of the workers

That fireman with the shovel reminds me of stories told by old train crew in the steam days. Apparently the shovel was used for three purposes, to shovel coal, to cook a nice juicy steak on and to drop the old #2 on before hurling the remains overboard. It was common practise to clean the shovel with 200 psi of steam using the in cab steam hose before and after the latter two uses, but on occasions they would forget :shok::stinker::laugh2:

[JeffH]

Too much information!

[ausjack]

:laugh2: yes I agree with Jeff :shock:

[autocoupler]

Sorry Guys, I'll reduce the train numbers from 93 to 90 if you prefer :laugh2:

[keldaw]

I don't know how or where to put this whinge ,

so I will put it here , not for long I hope .

Friday I was sent home from hospital with a catheter still in my body and a bag on the end of it and strapped around my leg . when I asked them when do they take it out , they told me about 2 weeks , I said , can you give me clean bags like they used to , I was told , the gov is cutting back and I will have to wash them out , one for day time and one for night time . and that is all I got .

[Unicorn]

Gee that's a poor effort on the hospital's part.

I wish I had a contact in the media ...... that would soon change.

[Basil]

Best wishes Kel....

[keldaw]

thank you  all for your best wishes       ,, kel ,,

[humpybong]

Hope it wasn't Redcliffe Hospital Kel.

[keldaw]

Hope it wasn't Redcliffe Hospital Kel.

you can bet it was Barry ,

I got a phone call late yesterday to say they have a space for me tomorrow morning
  at 8.00am if I wanted it ,you bet I do .
I will get there early to beat the peak hour traffic ..  
  ,, kel ,,
 ps ,  while I am on here ,I would like to say  I was lucky enough to get one of the 1988 3 coins sets                  
cost me $ 213.50   but I was happy to get one .

[Goldseeker]

If your bags have the tap on the bottom of it so that you can empty the contents, you don't need to wash the bags out.

I had only one bag for my post op and drained the bag a couple of times a day with no exchange bag until the catheter was removed about 10 days later..