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Re: [NSW] Destination Indicators
- Subject: Re: [NSW] Destination Indicators
 
- From: Roy Marshall <marsh@zip.com.au>
 
- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 19:23:04 +1000
 
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
 
- Organization: Pacific Internet (Australia)
 
- References: <8hv71o$s7b$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39447D3B.8BF2164D@zip.com.au> <p119kskc7d6bdlm6187ep88mejl567fshs@4ax.com>
 
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:12152
 
Glad all your posts are so exciting..
Cheers Roy
Hubert Lam wrote:
> 
> That "Broadmeadow" indicator has been discussed to death in another
> thread titled "[NSW] More Destination Indicator woes".
> 
> Roy Marshall got bored on Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:03:42 +1000 and so wrote
> the following:
> 
>           Drivers seem to have already started this.A City via Granville
> train
>           left Campbelltown with 'Broadmeadow' on the destination sign a
> couple of
>           weeks back.The same set was seen doing the Bankstown circuit
> unchanged a
>           week later. Why would passengers bother looking at them? Half
> of them
>           don't seem to work anyway...
> 
>           Cheers Roy
> 
>           bung727@my-deja.com wrote:
>           >
>           > Destination indicators are a waste of time because dumb-ass
> passengers
>           > dont even look at them anyway because they still come up and
> ask the
>           > train crew where theyre going. So for you drivers out there,
> here is
>           > what you can do for some fun with indicators:-
>           > type in 49999 for a wierd message.
>           > type in 40000 for 007 MAIN DESTINATION via DESTINATION
>           > type in COAL CLIFF, or KATOOMBA etc whilst going around
> Bankstown.
>           >
>           > Type them in and watch the dumb faces the passengers pull
> when they
>           > read them. Its enough to even make a Bankstown train seem
> fun.
>           >
>           > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>           > Before you buy.