Tag Archive | "railcar"

Train security boost

Sunday, November 22, 2009

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Train security boost

COMMUTERS on Adelaide’s train network will be under unprecedented scrutiny as TransAdelaide boosts security under a $37 million upgrade. TransAdelaide is installing up to six externally facing CCTV cameras on each of its 3000 and 3100 class trains under a three-year refurbishment project to improve safety and modernise the 70-railcar fleet.

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Limestone Coast Railway cars for sale

Monday, July 6, 2009

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Along with four heritage rail cars the Limestone Coast Railways are trying to sell, is also a vintage type section car which was once used in rail maintenance in the 1950s. Parked in the locomotive depot between Webb Street and the Mount Gambier High School, the old section car with its two-speed gearbox and a two-stroke [...]

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Teen hit by train at Mitchell Park

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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By Michael Milnes | Original story A YOUTH narrowly escaped death today when he was hit by a train as he retrieved his i-Pod from a suburban railway line. The 16-year-old Eynesbury College student was waiting for a city-bound train at the Mitchell Park railway station about 11.30 am when he dropped his i-Pod onto the [...]

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