Re: Risky Freight Trains

[wsharris@ozemail.com.au (Bill)]

On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 03:31:08 GMT, The Narc <gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.net.au>
wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:18:49 +1000, "Tezza"
><tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>
>>
>>"The Narc" <gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
>>> <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>> >Australia is only different because until recently all railways were
>>> >government owned and overstaffed, overmanaged and over regulated. Now
>>with
>>> >independent operators, and government authorities trying to compete with
>>> >them, things are changing. Just look at how many crashes and dead Drivers
>>> >NRC has had in such a short space of time.
>>
>>
>>> Terry this is absolutely ridiculous NR have had 2 drivers die at the
>>> controls BECAUSE RSA or whoever was responsible saw fit not to remove
>>> some bridge abutments at Robinson you can hardly blame NR for that.
>>
>>What about the blokes in WA?
>Do tell Terry i work for NRC and i'm am not aware of what you are
>talking about in WA what blokes
>>> And on train examination i cannot confirm what happens in other states
>>> but in Melbourne i have to wait up to 1.5 hours before i leave so
>>> someone can walk around the train knocking off wagons that don't come
>>> up to scratch.
>>
>>There's too much pressure here to get trains out on time.
>No pressure in Melbourne if it aint ready it aint ready it misses its
>path into GODS land (Sydney) and sits for 10 hours sitting out the
>peak
>> I've seen an NRC
>>train pulling out of Chullora and break away in the middle of the train.
>>They put it back together and took off again. When I made a comment on the
>>radio about doing a continuity they said "This is NRC not FreightCorp".
>Have you ever heard of Digidair end of train monitoring units ???????
>obviously not
>>I've had many run-ins myself with NRC shunter/examiners at Chullora and
>>Cooks River over their bodgie examinations and lack of Dangerous Goods
>>documentation. Despite all the threats I recieved I stood my ground and
>>insisted on the correct procedures being followed.
>NO and i say EMPHATICALLY NO train leaves Melbourne without the
>correct dangerous good documentation NOR do i ever get on a train ex
>Junee without DG docs not ever it DOES NOT happen!!!
>I'm starting to agree with Deano you sound like what we called a
>Chinook in Melbourne "the fish NRC rejects"
>regards Paul Johnston
>Regards Paul Johnston (MNRC)
>Disclaimer:My veiws may not be the same as or 
>approved by my employer and infact probably are not!!!


Hate to have to pull you up there Paul 
BUT there is numerous cases of trains ex NR Melbourne being delayed at
Junee BECAUSE of a lack of DG documentation (had to have epgs faxed to
us more that once after change over) ,
trains with brake retention cirt' with wrong wagon numbers shown as
the last three vehicles when checked against the rosco load (the cirt
was wrong not the rosco load... in my case}
had to get a telegram to authorise a overloaded 5 pack to run ex Junee
one night      (it had come from melbourne)
must say there has been just as much trouble ex Chullora
Need i go on.......................