by Kai | Aug 11, 2020 | Transport News
When the world was in the grip of the horror of WWII, Clyde Engineering, based in Sydney, rolled out the first of its C38 steam engine, the 3801.The 38 class were the last coal-fuelled steam engine to be manufactured for NSW fleet of rail stock. From 1943, the 3801 rumbled along rail tracks, the familiar and now-nostalgic trail of steam and smoke chuffing from its chimney, to commute passengers to and from capital cities, and townships in between. Hobart and Darwin were the only capital cities to not greet the 3801. In 1967, the steam engine was decommissioned from active NSW rail service, in favour of diesel engines.
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by Kai | Jul 22, 2020 | Transport News
The Great Western Highway runs from Sydney to Bathurst, across the Blue Mountains, and is one of Australia’s most iconic roads. It is a well-used route for the freight industry, tourists, and families, providing the connecting link between regional centres of Portland, Bathurst, and Lithgow.
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by Kai | Jul 12, 2020 | Transport News
The works on the second runway at Brisbane Airport have not slowed down, not even in the face of the global pandemic caused by COVID-19.
The project is on track and under budget, ready for airplanes to take off and touch down from the 12th July 2020.
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by Kai | Jul 8, 2020 | Transport News
Infrastructure Australia has released its evaluation of the Townsville Ring Road Stage 5 project, with findings stating that completing the Ring Road should be retained as part of a Program Initiative on the Priority List.
The Townsville Ring Road is situated on the Bruce Highway, Queensland’s primary north–south corridor, which includes a thirty-six kilometre section of highway passing through Townsville. Road capacity and safety on the Bruce Highway is part of the advisory body’s nationally significant program initiative, but an updated business case ought to be completed before the combined proposal could be added to the list of projects.
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by Kai | Jun 3, 2020 | Transport News
Readers might remember that only last year, and in the first few months of 2020, many of us were focussed on the world’s changing climate and its negative impact on the environment. And then, coronavirus swept across the globe and wholly took our attention. However, countries are awakening from the COVID coma and we are being urged to slowly, carefully, return to our lives. But you may notice, we are not being advised to return to our old ways. Take the United Kingdom for example, where in late May, local councils were directed by the government to increase spaces to allow for social distancing measures as people return to work and school.
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by Kai | May 19, 2020 | Transport News
Many readers will be aware of sites, particularly in the US, that store decommissioned aircraft, colloquially known as aircraft graveyards, or boneyards. But some readers may not be aware that here in Australia, we have our own aircraft storage facility.
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