Re: Sydney-Alice Springs Ghan held at Orange

["< Tell >" <telljb@ozemail.com.au>]

"michael ostrowski" <mfo@netwit.net.au> wrote:
>
> That night an single 81 class travelling light from the west would have
> arrived at OEF at around 2300, resulting in a 4 hour delay at Orange for the
> Ghan that Sunday. I heard from someone today that Trains that can't log onto
> train control at Orange, for train order working would not be allowed to
> procede. This apparently was a union decision, and is pretty anoying when
> you consider the problems with train order working are not limited just to
> trains but to the whole system. If trains are going to continue to
> experience problems loging onto Orange for train order working, they might
> as well go via the south. National Rail has 5 freights and pulls 6 passenger
> trains a week on the main west, it would be dissapointing if they all went
> via the south.


Four hour delay at Orange.  And people wonder why rail
is a loser.

----Terry Burton