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[City Designer]

764 was in service this afternoon.

[ozbob]

Days since NGR 701 towed to Wulkuraka

[SurfRail]

766 has been out for a few days.  10 or less to be delivered now.

[Cleveland Line]

766 has been out for a few days.  10 or less to be delivered now.

Is it a bit odd that with so few left to be delivered, that the 4.47pm central to Cleveland has been an EMU the last week or two when it was one of the first Cleveland Line services to be "NGR'd"?

[Arnz]

766 has been out for a few days.  10 or less to be delivered now

Is it a bit odd that with so few left to be delivered, that the 4.47pm central to Cleveland has been an EMU the last week or two when it was one of the first Cleveland Line services to be "NGR'd"?

A few odd-ball GC services have been IMU or IMU/SMU hybrided once more since the July 29 timetables has come into affect.

On the other hand the Ipswich/Caboolture corridor had their NGR operations increased, the only differences on the screen is the Caboolture/Nambour trains aren't 'NGR'ed" yet, or the Caboolture IMU/SMU hybrid or IMU trains that is rostered to operate to Nambour later in the day.

[verbatim9]

https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=12748.msg226022.msg#226022

[Cleveland Line]

Spotted 772 being towed from port this morning.

[ozbob]

Spotted 772 being towed from port this morning.

Thanks!

[Otto]

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711 712 713 714 ___ 716 717 718 719 720
721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730
731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740
741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750
751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759

57? 

Noted: 702 has is in the aboriginal train wrap

Does this mean all the 70x's will get the wrap?
It'll be odd having 702, 704, 705, 706 in the aboriginal wrap but not 703

I saw 766 on a Shorncliffe service today. No mention of 760 - 765 above..  :conf

[Otto]

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711 712 713 714 ___ 716 717 718 719 720
721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730
731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740
741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750
751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759
763 766

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57? 

Noted: 702 has is in the aboriginal train wrap

Does this mean all the 70x's will get the wrap?
It'll be odd having 702, 704, 705, 706 in the aboriginal wrap but not 703

I saw 763 tonight at RS doing a Shorncliffe service.

[jesse]

Add 715, 760, 761, 762, 764, 768 to the mix

[Otto]

___ 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710
711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720
721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730
731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740
741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750
751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760
761 762 763  764 ___  766 ___ 768

57? 

Noted: 702 has is in the aboriginal train wrap

Does this mean all the 70x's will get the wrap?
It'll be odd having 702, 704, 705, 706 in the aboriginal wrap but not 703

I saw 763 tonight at RS doing a Shorncliffe service.

Add 715, 760, 761, 762, 764, 768 to the mix

So 715 has been repaired finally. 

[jesse]

701 has recommenced testing.

[ozbob]

701 has recommenced testing.

Thanks ...

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711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 3719 720
721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730
731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740
741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750
751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760
761 762 763  764 ___  766 767 768 ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Nine to go?
also sorry for the slight slack off, i had got onboard 715 before it was added here and i forgot to do it.. also 715 screeches really bad

[ozbob]

^ thanks. 

[BrizCommuter]

Still no NGRs on the Ferny Grove Line...

[Gazza]

Still no NGRs on the Ferny Grove Line...

It's a bit of a waste to use the NGRs there right?

[verbatim9]

Still no NGRs on the Ferny Grove Line...

Still no NGRs on the Ferny Grove Line...

It's a bit of a waste to use the NGRs there right?

Were they ever tested on that line?

[SurfRail]

Still no NGRs on the Ferny Grove Line...

Given they aren't replacing 100% of the fleet I'm not sure what the concern is.

There are platform curvature issues arising from the guard being at the bum end of the train at Gaythorne, they are fixable but given they don't need these to operate to Ferny Grove it wouldn't be that much of a priority.

[Arnz]

Still no NGRs on the Ferny Grove Line...

Given they aren't replacing 100% of the fleet I'm not sure what the concern is.

There are platform curvature issues arising from the guard being at the bum end of the train at Gaythorne, they are fixable but given they don't need these to operate to Ferny Grove it wouldn't be that much of a priority.

Beenleigh-Ferny Grove corridor is likely down on priority will be among the last corridors to receive the NGRs from memory. 

The Nambour line (part of the Sunshine Coast Line), despite the Eudlo short plaform situation and a few unattended stations, is currently tipped to get the NGRs ahead of the Beenleigh/Ferny Grove corridor it due to the Woombye stabling (which is currently used to store withdrawn EMUs) with a date of "sometime late 2019".

The lines that WONT be getting the NGRs is Rosewood corridor (due to a majority of platforms west of Ipswich being short platform) and the  Gympie North lines (due to ATP safeworking requirements - only approved non ATP units allowed to operate north of Nambour in revenue service are the 100/120 class IMUs)

[BrizCommuter]

Still no NGRs on the Ferny Grove Line...

Given they aren't replacing 100% of the fleet I'm not sure what the concern is.

There are platform curvature issues arising from the guard being at the bum end of the train at Gaythorne, they are fixable but given they don't need these to operate to Ferny Grove it wouldn't be that much of a priority.

Thanks. It is an operational concern rather than a case of "Iwantanewtrainonmylineitis". It means that if services need to be re-assigned destinations due to operational reasons, the NGRs, which are now a large proportion if services on the suburban tracks cannot be re-assigned to run to Ferny Grove.

[SurfRail]

^ I do actually agree, but in practice it's unlikely to be a big deal. 

If they had built the Y-link from Mayne like they originally intended it would be even less of an issue since they could scramble a fresh turnout of a non-NGR train to the city or the FG end of the line easily.

Gaythorne really is in a poor spot that can't be redeemed.  My recommendation would be:
- close and demolish
- raise the level of the track bed approaching the bridge over Pickering St so it can be replaced with one built to a higher clearance
- resume all the land between the railway, Samford Rd and Bere St
- build a station with nice ruler straight platforms, potentially have a resi development attached to it with basement commuter parking
- rip up the old car park and expand the public park (or if commuter parking cannot be provisioned on the new site just leave it there)

All of that would also make the station's catchment bigger since it wouldn't be up against the barracks and a public park on one side.

[red dragin]

Report on Facebook this morning that 773 & 774 have made their way to Wulkuraka today.

[Otto]

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711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 3719 720
721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730
731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740
741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750
751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760
761 762 763 764 ___  766 767 768 769 ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___

[Cleveland Line]

Report on Facebook this morning that 773 & 774 have made their way to Wulkuraka today.

Yes passed them on their way from Port of Brisbane this morning

[JustSomeTrainGuy]

How is there still EMU's in revenue service? There's more 6 car NGR's in service than 6 car EMU sets. Are the SMU's dying now too?

[ozbob]

^ EMUs will be running for a while yet.  Don't forget the rectification program for the NGRs will start soon, so they probably want some reserve until that is well advanced.  I seem to recall that they will be running until sometime in 2022? 

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711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 3719 720
721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730
731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740
741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750
751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760
761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___

[Arnz]

Been reported on the groups across Facebook that 701 was sighted as FINALLY in revenue service today.

[SurfRail]

Been reported on the groups across Facebook that 701 was sighted as FINALLY in revenue service today.

Has it been put into its ultimate configuration (DDA upgrades, 2 toilet modules etc)?

[ozbob]

Been reported on the groups across Facebook that 701 was sighted as FINALLY in revenue service today.

So around 1335 days ...

[ozbob]

Hold your horses ...  this 701 may not be the original 701.  Some suggestion that a couple of units might have been renumbered.

[MichaelJ]

EMU 701 was accepted on 15/10/19.

[City Designer]

I spotted 770 in revenue service at Roma Street earlier today.

[MichaelJ]

EMU 770 was accepted on 27/09/19.

[ozbob]

Hold your horses ...  this 701 may not be the original 701.  Some suggestion that a couple of units might have been renumbered.

Appears that NGR 701 is not the original NGR 701.   Sources suggest 701 is actually original 770, 770 is another renumbered unit.   

Waiting for final confirmation.

[ozbob]

Days since NGR 701 towed to Wulkuraka

[MichaelJ]

Honestly Bob, your sauce must be BBQ. They're having a lend of you.

[ozbob]

Honestly Bob, your sauce must be BBQ. They're having a lend of you.

Always been spot on previously. As I said waiting confirmation.

Do you know if there are any NGRs at Maryborough Michael
?