Re: Risky Freight Trains

["keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au>]

Erk <erk@erk.au.com> wrote in message 39A8E66E.D480D40B@erk.au.com">news:39A8E66E.D480D40B@erk.au.com...
> L & D wrote:
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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
>
> Shouldn't they be checked when they leave the departure point anyway?

They might be if the operators still employed train examiners. Even so the
crews are supposed to examine their own trains where examiners are not
provided.

Dave Malcolm

> Eric
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