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Queensland had been a Labor (read working-class and unionised) State for 30 years, so infrastructure was a bit backward - even in the 1960s suburban trains still hadn't acquired diesel engines there. You're right about the cattle trucks too, no padding, full-width wooden seating with multiple outside doors to save on corridor space, just like toast racks. 😕
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Originally posted by KewpieAh those were the days. I remember heading to the water towers to watch them fill the boilers. Those sure were GREAT engines with all those wheels and rods and...can't think of the railroad terms. But hey you can't be stuck in the past but it's fun to reminisce.
Queensland had been a Labor (read working-class and unionised) State for 30 years, so infrastructure was a bit backward - even in the 1960s suburban trains still hadn't acquired diesel engines there. You're right about the cattle trucks too, no padding, full-width wooden seating with multiple outside doors to save on corridor space, just like toast racks. 😕
Originally posted by Great Big SteesYou have to be old though. If you were born in the 1980s there's nothing good to reminisce about ....
Ah those were the days. I remember heading to the water towers to watch them fill the boilers. Those sure were GREAT engines with all those wheels and rods and...can't think of the railroad terms. But hey you can't be stuck in the past but it's fun to reminisce.
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Originally posted by KewpieCoffee-flavoured milk? What'd they do? Stick a cow in a Starbucks or Tim Hortons and force feed it Arabica beans?
IC is the best brand of coffee-flavoured milk. It's the only one that actually tastes as if it has coffee in it, rather than chicory and sugar ...
