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No I am not talking about raids to the buffet car, though we did plenty of those.

Every now and then there is a little excitement outside, like a train load of these huge rolls of steel running beside us.

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  1. MarkFebruary 11, 2013 at 10:21 PM

    I see these go past on the Grafton Bridge but not in such swish and bright new boogies... the south always gets the new stuff first.

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    1. Joan ElizabethFebruary 12, 2013 at 10:47 PM

      Which direction do they travelling Mark? I was wondering where they originated -- assumed from around Wollongong

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  2. DianneFebruary 12, 2013 at 10:08 AM

    So that's what they are Joan ... I've seen them but had no idea what they were.
    Raids to the buffet car are good on long train journeys.

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