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what buses and trains did ras catch before ajas today?

by Rasberry » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:04 am

for a Laugh here is Todays schedule of what i caught between leaving home and arriving to Ajas.

Left home 4:45Am

Caught first train to city from Gawler Central
train to Norlunga
bus route 747 to old Norlunga
bus route T748 to Norlunga
bus route T721 to city
Bus route 541 to paradise
Bus route J1 to Don bradman drive
Bus route J1 to Elizabeth
Bus route J1 to Glenelg
Bus Route 190 to city

Arrive Ajas 5:50Pm
(Arrive back home after 12:10Am)
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by Psike81 » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:11 am

Your life is worth 50 yen .... :lol:
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by Last Exile » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:09 am

I sense an epic journey coming from this...we could call it Lord of the Yen.
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by Mappy » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:24 am

For a Social Studies assignment at highschool, my entire class were made to travel the public transport network of Adelaide to the ends of every major rail line at that time. That meant Campbelltown to city by bus, then city to Outer Harbor and back, city to Gawler and back, city to Bridgewater and back, city to Noarlunga Central and back and finally, just for a laugh on the teacher's part, city to Glenelg by tram and back, then the bus home which, by this stage, was well past the school finishing time. And they wonder why I went to the absolute minimum effort to pass my subjects, if I tried at all.
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by Rasberry » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:57 pm

Mappy wrote:For a Social Studies assignment at highschool, my entire class were made to travel the public transport network of Adelaide to the ends of every major rail line at that time. That meant Campbelltown to city by bus, then city to Outer Harbor and back, city to Gawler and back, city to Bridgewater and back, city to Noarlunga Central and back and finally, just for a laugh on the teacher's part, city to Glenelg by tram and back, then the bus home which, by this stage, was well past the school finishing time. And they wonder why I went to the absolute minimum effort to pass my subjects, if I tried at all.


well i guess then you will know where this photo was taken. Bonus points if you know what type of train is in the picture!

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oh and by the way did you visit Grange, Tonsley, Northfield, GMH and Penfield lines?

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by michu_kitty » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:57 pm

All for the love of ajas :)
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by Psike81 » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:03 pm

Man ... old trains are old .
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by Mappy » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:11 pm

The second photo would be Grange. Dunno about the trains. Back then the only passenger trains running were the red hens. I used to catch the Grange train fairly regularly because my gran's house was in Albert Park. I don't know if the station is still there. I do remember rummaging through the rubble dumped at the site of the old Hendon railway station, which used to be for workers at the old Phillips plant, which was later turned into the SA Film Corporation lot. There was some great stuff in that rubble.... Ceramic and glass insulators for power lines, huge metal clips for the rail lines.... When you're not in your teens, yet, you can think of a million and one evil uses for these. 8)

The only other non-light rail line that used to travel along along public roads that I know of was the Semaphore line, which ran along (I think) either Hart Street or Semaphore Road.
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by Rasberry » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:32 pm

The First Picture is at either Algate or Bridgewater (i can't remember which)

the train was also a one of a kind known as a super chook Front and back car was a converted red hen made to look like the jumbos (the ones that you can still ride now). the superchook is now preserved by the lions club and runs Kadina <--> Bute

Also notice on the second picture that there is a desto on the train, years back they actually had route numbers for the train!
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by Pirate Man » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:20 am

Rasberry wrote:The First Picture is at either Algate or Bridgewater (i can't remember which)

the train was also a one of a kind known as a super chook Front and back car was a converted red hen made to look like the jumbos (the ones that you can still ride now). the superchook is now preserved by the lions club and runs Kadina <--> Bute

Also notice on the second picture that there is a desto on the train, years back they actually had route numbers for the train!


They still have the old crimson trains where you could pull the Door open and chuck 5c pieces at ppl.
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by Mappy » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:43 pm

They still have Red Hens running? I thought they'd got rid of them all.

They still had the old Bluebirds running a good decade after I was born. They had trouble when getting rid of those, as they were lined with asbestos.

And despite their clean, quiet efficiency, I still think the old trams are better than the new ones.
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by (mad) » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:56 pm

i agree. the old ones had more, comfier seats. i admit there wasn't that much leg room, but the seats were really well padded. the new ones have no padding and only have more seats because they are at least 1.5 times as large as the old ones, meaning that you end up standing if you get on during peak hour
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by edible_hat » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:22 pm

(mad) wrote:the new ones have no padding and only have more seats because they are at least 1.5 times as large as the old ones, meaning that you end up standing if you get on during peak hour


Also they can't join two or three together during peak hour.
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by (mad) » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:28 pm

true, but they could always just schedule more on at appropriate times
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by Rasberry » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:10 pm

Redhens: No longer run

Bluebird: Services stopped about 2-3 years ago, plans to start the service again

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Comeng (Jumbo): as above, trains run mainly on Norlunga line and Gawler Limited expresses during the weekdays, trains always run as a minimum of 2 car set, one carridge being Power car, the motor etc numbered 20XX and the other being a trailer car which is basically as the title says it is a trailer numbered 21XX. if there is a third carriadge then one power, 2 trailers and the occasional 4 car set power, trailer, power, trailer. less seats on power car due to motor.
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by Bazza » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:19 pm

You've forgotten something...

These things!
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by Rasberry » Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:04 pm

I thought everyone knew bout those!
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by Atory » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:34 pm

I'm sick of seeing them...
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by Bazza » Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:24 am

Atory wrote:I'm sick of seeing them...


Have my namesake then. :)

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by Last Exile » Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:47 pm

Those eco-friendly ones never seem to make it to Grange.
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by Mappy » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:13 pm

No, they break down long before then.
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by Bazza » Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:12 pm

Mappy wrote:No, they break down long before then.


What I like about the 3000 series railcars is that even if one car does break down (which they often do) the other car can still be used to get the train home, albiet somewhat late.

Although, that benefit it far outweighed by the rock-hard seats some of them have. :x
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by Pirate Man » Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:50 pm

Bazza wrote:
Mappy wrote:No, they break down long before then.


What I like about the 3000 series railcars is that even if one car does break down (which they often do) the other car can still be used to get the train home, albiet somewhat late.

Although, that benefit it far outweighed by the rock-hard seats some of them have. :x


Meh the 2000 series which Ras showed way before that picture was the best. Cause you could open the doors out while traveling and if you felt like it could jump to your death. Though I like how they disguised them as the 3000 series with the new coat of silver and orange paint :).
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by Atory » Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:32 pm

Then why did I have to wait around in the cold for hours and have my kidneys play up last Wednesday when my train broke down at Kilburn?

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by Mappy » Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:37 am

Steam power will save the world.
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by Bazza » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:01 am

Mappy wrote:Steam power will save the world.


Bring back the F class! :D

You may like to know that the F class steam engine could pull a passenger train up and down the Belair pass quicker then a 2000 series railcar. 8)
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by Mappy » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:35 am

That's because no other form of rail engine since has replicated the sheer brute power of the steamers.
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by Bazza » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:39 am

Mappy wrote:That's because no other form of rail engine since has replicated the sheer brute power of the steamers.


zOMG steam r0x0rz the b1g one!11one
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by Rasberry » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:59 pm

5:05am train Gawler central --> Adelaide
train to norlunga center
bus route T721X to city
bus route 222 gepps cross
bus route 222 to city
bus route 210 to Pasadena
bus route 210 to Flinders university
bus route 861 to hallett cove beach
train to norlunga centre
bus route 725 to old rynella
bus route 734 to Marion Shopping centre
bus route 263 to Ajas
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by Last Exile » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:09 am

Think yet again someone was delighting in a bong on the back seat on the 11:15 to Port Adelaide. The destination being the determing factor, I guess.
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by Rasberry » Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:51 am

used to be a driver in Salisbury that joined in at the end of one of his school bus runs!
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