Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!: 2017_07_01-02 Coldest night ever! -3.9!

2017/07/02

2017_07_01-02 Coldest night ever! -3.9!

2017_07_02 Early Morning blues!!

Had to get up early to relieve a little pressure old blokes seem to suffer.

Found this

Frost as far as you could see

To the North of West

Looking South of West

Looking West and sun sets over train shed roof. But not at 6.00 am!

Looking North East

Now this picture looks like the sun is rising? Well if it is, we are in deep trouble, because we are looking North WEST near where the sun always sets ??

Here is the picture that connects with the others.. Looking East and sun is up, but hidden by Hills at 6.00 Am.

The runoff from an air conditioner warming the house, is frozen! Nearly put me on my arse, you can just see the skid marks (in the ice stupid :) )

And later I checked the temp which has a sensor out side under the verandah. Min last night at -3.9 C
All explanations gratefully solicited :D
The kids came back from Horse Riding at Chiltern, where it was -7 C this morning
And on the news they said Goulburn got down to -10 C

Its still -2C in the train shed. Guess where I will not be going today :(
Cheers
Rod

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Unknown13/7/17 1:55 pm
Hello Rod
How are the trains running around the layout with the new ballast on the SG line. Now I am the one who has lost your phone No. can you call me or write me a message on your Blog. Malcolm
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Rod Young20/7/17 11:02 am
Hello Malcolm.
Changed over to NBN 6 weeks ago. Have not had phone or internet since it failed. Wont give me my ADSL connection back and wont give me my phone number back. Trying to deal with NBN and I PRIMUS via Indian phone call centers on a mobile is just not economical. They dont ring, so waiting for Ombudsman to sort it all out
;( Rod
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About my Railway

The Australian National Railways was established by the Whitlam Federal Government following a commitment made in the 1972 election to invite the states to hand over their railway systems to the federal government. In July 1975 Australian National Railways was formed taking over the operations of the federal government owned Commonwealth Railways.

The state governments of South Australia and Tasmania whose railway systems were deeply in debt, accepted. During the next two years discussions between these two states and the federal government resulted in a number of staffing and operating agreements being made that resulted in all South Australian Railways services (except for the Adelaide metropolitan passenger network) and all Tasmanian Government Railways services transferring to Australian National Railway in March 1978, the latter being re-branded AN Tasrail.

At first Victoria declined to hand over its Railways, however a change of Government after Bolte retired meant Victoria could be absorbed into AN as well.
Despite doing everything they could to tarnish ALP leader Clyde Holding, The ALP were able to defeat Hamer who was seen to be just another Bolte, doing more of the same into the future.

Clyde Holding handed over Victorian Railways to the Commonwealth where it prospered as a division of AN retaining its VR colours until later when AN decided to re-brand it as V/Line.

My Railway thus reflects what could have been ;)
And of course National Rail (Pacific National) has no place in my little scenario. Australian National was never privatised and has continually taken East Coast loads off the Highways. As well many branch lines were upgraded and Whitlam's policy of decentralisation actually moved employment to towns with a ready pool of workers, which of course took the pressure of Melbourne which was starting to expand as bush kids moved away from the Country in search of education and employment ( just as Gough Whitlam envisaged it would do)
Rod Young

Comtrain goes H0! H0! H0!

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