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G… 2023 went fast!

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December 18, 2023
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It only seems like a few weeks ago that I turned my inner-Melbourne HO scale shelf layout into a slice of the NSW North Coast. Now here we are at the beginning of another hot Australian summer, and while looking through some of the photos I had snapped…

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Saturday 16th – New wagon please!

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December 18, 2023
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Starting off on Friday, when I popped in to swap wagons round with Stuart. With Tool van No.92 complete, we were chomping at the bit to get the second tank wagon in.I didn’t get a chance to take many photos as it’s best to concentrate on one thin…

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Government between a rock and a hard place on Interislander ferries

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December 17, 2023
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There is sometimes a thin line between frugal and short-sighted, and the Government’s decision to cancel the Interislander ferry project has fallen on the wrong

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Let’s Get Wellington Moving: Dead and alive

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December 17, 2023
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The $7.4 billion Let’s Get Wellington Moving project is dead, but most major aspects have survived as a new plan for 1500 homes in the central city emerges. In

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Thursday 14th – The usual mix

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December 17, 2023
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It’s Thursday again which means that Paul, Dennis, and the Indoor Gang are back in. “Hey, not this way, I’m getting soaked!!!” “That’s better!”. A nice picture of Paul and Dennis washing the Malvern side of the Maroon Rake.RMB 1876 – …

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Bus services through Wellington city to be more frequent due to dedicated bus lanes

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December 16, 2023
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Wellington needs to remove hundreds of car parks along arterial roads into the city to make way for bus lanes, or face a future of “transport chaos”, according

Global Maintenance – Limited Impact

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December 16, 2023
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Dec 15, 18:09 UTCCompleted – The scheduled maintenance has been completed.Sep 18, 16:31 UTCUpdate – Changes are now largely complete around the world with some limited changes still to be made. Customers in those specific sites will be contacted direc…

Incorporating Nondestructive Testing in Quality Assurance of Highway Pavement Construction: Conduct of Research Report

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December 16, 2023
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Good quality pavement construction translates directly to good performance and long life. State departments of transportations (DOTs) apply established standards and specifications to perform a wide range of material tests through various stages of a c…

Incorporating Nondestructive Testing in Quality Assurance of Highway Pavement Construction: Manual

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December 16, 2023
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State departments of transportation (DOTs), as part of their routine practice, use various quality assurance (QA) procedures in their acceptance process for highway pavement construction. Absent from this QA process is the use of nondestructive testing…

TR News 347: Wheels Up! Alaska’s Rural Air Service

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December 16, 2023
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Rural aviation in Alaska is critical for providing access to essential services and supporting the state’s mostly rural way of life. However, current airport infrastructure faces significant operational and maintenance challenges. “Wheels Up! Alaska’s …