Re: Phantom Bells

["The Railway Rasputin II." <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

To sell news papers and make people watch.
The only reason they do it.
The same way these clowns went on about the deadly red rattlers.
Never mind the fact that hese trains went arround fine for 70 odd years.

rgds

Dave Proctor wrote:
> 
> C. Dewick wrote in message <87a717$4e3$1@jedi.apana.org.au>...
> >"Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> writes:
> >
> >>The Railway Rasputin II. wrote in message
> >><3897AE8E.8B1605EB@fastlink.com.au>...
> >>>Well thats why we have door open lights and commonsense.
> >
> >>The driver has door open lights?
> >
> >>I have not seen them in the times I have been in drivers cabs.
> >
> >Good morning Docta Procta! 8-)
> >
> >They door-open lights you are commenting about are being progressively
> >fitted to all suburban trains here in Sydney (not sure about the intercity
> >V-sets though), but at the moment the modifications are banned because of
> >problems with defects in the the first few sets which were released with
> the
> >mods in place after being shopped.
> 
> Ok - so they are not fitted.
> 
> Now, bank to where we were! Why is it a media over-reaction to harp on
> aabout the possibility that drivers can hear the bell and start moving the
> train at the same time as people are getting on or off?
> 
> Dave