Is the Bustech artic close to completion??

Yes, that sounds promising, although I have been to that region a few times (mainly for Bus NSW conferences), I am not really that familiar with the area.
Sydney and surrounding regions do have a large population base, which I can imagine would support several steam train/tourist operations.

A lot of the stations certainly need a good makeover, I wonder if the allocated amount is enough.

Fancy getting all excited about fleet numbers!!

The previous answer was spot on.

And it is worth remembering that the Zig-Zag railway is projected to re-open towards the end of this year and that line is particularly good for non-enthusiast people/passengers, which makes me wonder how a steam SMR would go.

How are the Wellington Electric DD's going - I have looked at the videos and they seem impressive.

Great reply, yes there are quite a few good restaurants along Glen Osmond Road, some with a good view of the passing traffic (buses!). On GO Road can be seen: Double deckers (our only 2 in route service) 14.5 mtr single deckers with Volgren bodies 12.3 and 11.3 mtre single deckers with Volgren and C...

Both 3401 and 3402 were definitely in service today - I was in a restaurant that faces Glen Osmond Road and both were travelling towards Mt Barker, about half to three quarters on an hour apart. From my observations the other day, the front destination display on 3402 is working, in fact it is very ...

Good explanation and thank you!!

It fascinates me that both deckers appear on rosters that include some journeys on our local all stops City - Glen Osmond route. The 861 is a fairly short route. About half an hour ago, I saw 3402 (the CDI) on a stopping service near the Parkside Hotel on Glen Osmond Road - I couldn't read the rear ...

That's great - I am pleased that it worked out!!

Were all your trips on 3401? - if so, did you pass 3402 (The CDI) on your travels?, because it seems to circulate reasonably regularly.

Yes, I am sure we will carry on purchasing products from these companies, I just hope that the moral factor comes into it (rather than the pure profit motive) and that manufacturing reverts to their own countries - probably a hope that is in vain!

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Thanks for this Tony, the more widely this is publicised, the better. As an example of the way things are going and multinationals being totally fixated in cost reduction, a lot of the major camera manufacturers have indeed transferred their manufacturing from Japan to China - I tend to keep older c...

Here is a photo of a young lad who is a Lego expert, or so the Adelaide Advertiser says and he has constructed part of the Adelaide CBD from Lego and it does look good. But in the attached photo from the Advertiser, look at the bus models in the background, including the Bustech CDI!!!! 5944bd7aed62...

Thanks for the comments, I think that the problem in Adelaide is that one configuration of artic is used for all types of routes (inner, outer, express etc.) but, honestly, it should be noted that with the possible exception of the o-bahn, few of the routes fall into the category of high turnover. D...

A strange looking beast, visually not helped by trying to adapt Adelaide's current livery to an artic - I am not a fan of the current livery. But what I really find rather disappointing is the low seating numbers - 59 for an 18 metre bus is honestly pathetic. Adelaide's original Volvo B58 and B10M P...

Well, this model should be fairly easy and inexpensive to set up, I would imagine, with Transit Graphics having produced a couple of Volvo Olympus models. to date.

Times must be very tough for the Blue Mountains Explorer as they have advertised for sale their comparatively new two BCI double deckers, what a great shame.
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I understand but, variable operating costs of two units vs. one should not be just brushed aside as minimal. As an accountant, I spent a number of years, analyzing in detail rigid 12 mtr buses vs. 18 mtr artics and the difference was quite substantial. With LRT's there would be the (individual) unit...

Tonyp's sequence of events (probably better described as progress stages), does show that with the Sydney City Council and the RMS involved, an optimum outcome was not going to be, this combined with the fact that the supplier contract was signed, prior to an agreed outcome with those two parties. I...

Spelling error - next to last line (penultimate one) should read "there is a clear difference......"
My apologies!!

A couple of other points about these new units that interest me: 1. Are the pantographs manually raised and lowered at Town Hall?? - if so is there some safety override for a possible operator lapse of concentration. 2. Why wasn't the red chevron livery (of the Dulwich Hill line units) perpetuated? ...

Pardon my ignorance, but I thought these current LRT/Trams being a modular vehicle, could be as long or short as the operator required - just add or subtract a module or two to obtain the desired length. A comment was made about fixed bogie LRT's - I worked for a multinational for a number of years ...

I am very impressed with these new light rail units, well appointed inside and plenty of circulating space. Unfortunately in Adelaide we have the standard narrow Frankfurt??? ones, which is a great pity and was unnecessary, as the previous old 1929 standard trams were were quite wide. I think with s...