Today's historic photo of the day: near-new 1500V DC loco 8649 heads the Perth-bound 'Indian Pacific' at Katoomba, NSW, January 26 1986
Fifty 86 class electric #locos were built between 1983 and 1985 to haul freight and long distance passenger trains west from Sydney to Lithgow over the Blue Mountains, north from Sydney to Broadmeadow on the then newly extended electrification of that line, and eventually also to Port Kembla. Whilst technically successful, most of these beasts had short lives.
Loc-OS ya esta en DistroWatch!!, una distro Linux Argentino/Uruguaya, por el creador Nicolás Longardi y su mano derecha José Leiva, 2 groxos, que crearon una distro fantástica. Se las recomiendo para todo tipo de equipos, pero en especial para equipos de bajos recursos, netbooks, o equipos que muchos tirarían. Es excelente la distro. Felicitaciones a sus creadores!
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Looks like #BlueBrixx is axing their series of 6W #train sets in favour of 8W: almost all 6W #locos and #coaces have been designated "EOL" (end-of-life) while quite a bunch of new 8W #models have been announced.
Doesn't mean threy are gone tomorrow but if you like their 6W rolling stock you should keep an eye on availability.
Customers seem to prefer 8W models and in terms of detail I can't blame them.
More pics of the newly prototyped LoCoS dictionary! Come and join my workshop in Charlottesville next week and get one for free!
The Charlottesville Design Week Virginia USA is next week! Thursday, April 10 come and join me for a workshop to learn The Lovers Communication System invented 60 years ago by Yukio Ota.
To celebrate this first workshop, I have made a 16-page tabloid-size dictionary. The participants can keep it after!
I am thrilled to participate in the Charlotte Design Week in Virginia, USA, in two weeks!
From the 8th to the 11th of April, join this fantastic design week with lectures from Paula Scher, Seohyo, Charles Constantine, Marcos Silva, and Sophie Tahran.
I will present my work on digitizing Yukio Ota's Lovers Communication System and also conduct my first workshop there!
Thanks a lot to the CDW team for the invitation!
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