Re: Sydney CityRail Security Cameras?

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

Good point Dave, I should of picked it up.

They are Train Guards NOT Security Guards.
They protect the train from being run up the rear, to stop the train
when there is a break away and protect the train in a crash.

rgds

Dave Proctor wrote:
> 
> Mitch wrote in message ...
> 
> >If a guard hears someone screaming, don't you think that they should pop
> >down their sash and look out? This is what the purpose of the guard is.
> 
> Actually, the job of the guard is to guard the train, not the passengers.
> 
> OI agree though that the *least* the guard should have done was have a look
> and then radio for assistance. Probably could have and morally should have
> done more.
> 
> >That's why people sit near the guards compartment (naked with a blue
> light).
> >Isn't this part of your job??
> 
> No - their job is to keep the train safe (safe in an operational sense). See
> above though for what I think they should have done.
> 
> Dave