Re: Risky Freight Trains

["Chris" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

Freight Corp/NSW govt. can get rid of the opposition private operators by
introducing "safety standards". By introducing complex maintenance rules &
conditions for old diesels where by it will just be too expensive for the
private operators to run them on govt. tracks.


"L & D" <daisyw@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> This mornings SMH had an article about risky freight trains and how they
> are going to be checked at Broadmedow, Lithgow, Junee (Why pick Junee ?)
> and all departure points before entering the network. The article then
> goes on to mention that there was 194 derailments across NSW last year
> of which 171 of these were freight trains. The question that I have do
> anyone have a breakup of where the 171 derailments country/city  also
> the 23 non freight train derailments were
> Davo
> Goulburn 222
>