Re: Risky Freight Trains

["Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au>]

"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Erk" <erk@erk.au.com> wrote in message
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> > Shouldn't they be checked when they leave the departure point anyway?
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> They used to be, before "privitisation" and "world's best practice". Now,
> safety and maintenance go out the window to maximise profits.

Safety and maintainance has not gone "out the window" with the major
players. Indeed, compliance now is greater than it ever has been. Smaller
operators, where "privatisation" and "world's best practice" do not apply,
may be another case.

Russ.

> > Also, obviously all derailments are caused by mechnical fault of the
> train.
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> Am I missing the joke here? You can't be serious.
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> > * waits to see how long it is before the word "tie" or the abbreviation
> > "SPAD" is used.*
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> SPADtie
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