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February 2012
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Platform 2012
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Built by Goninan between 1981 and 1985, Sydney’s K Sets were an update of the earlier Comeng/Goninan R/S Set double-deck design, and were the first Sydney suburban trains to be fitted with air-conditioning. On Sunday afternoon 3 July 2011, eight-car set K98 approaches the suburban platforms at Central, having just travelled around the City Circle.
Dominik Giemza
features

The new Boundary Street bridge
The long overdue replacement of one of Sydney’s worst road bottlenecks is finally at an end with the installation of the new overbridge on the North Shore Line between Chatswood and Roseville. Shane O’Neil looks at how this major project was carried out over the Christmas break with military precision.

WA’s West-East wheatbelt rail proposal
Over past decades the development of a west–east rail line connecting the west coast with the south coastal wheatbelt sector at a point on the Great Southern Railway has been raised on a number of occasions. David Whiteford reports on a new feasibility study by the WA Dept of Transport, which will look at the possibility once again.

Rio Tinto Rail Access Road Team
Maintaining a busy iron ore railway is not just about rails and sleepers. Working quietly in the background to support Rio Tinto’s vast network of railway in the Pilbara are the Rail Access Road Teams, whose job it is to keep 1600 kilometres of gravel road maintained to a safe standard. Rebecca Murphy reports.

China Southern Type SDA1 locomotive
With a need for more locomotives to handle their iron ore traffic in South Australia, Specialised Container Transport Group thought outside the square and placed an order with China Southern’s Ziyang plant. Peter Clark takes a look at the specifications of these interesting new units.


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