Re: [NSW] CityRail Audit of Driver Training

["Mitch" <webmaster@nos-pam.mitch.zzn.com>]

Were you put through this simulator?


David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Mitch wrote:
>
> > Saw a train simulator on ACA/TT or something. Is this part of standard
train
> > driver "training" (sorry, bad joke). It was simulating a Tangara I think
by
> > the style of throttle (if that's the correct term).
>
> It is one of the two simulators at Petersham. One is a Tangara, the other
is an
> S set.  They are useless for teaching you how to drive a train.  They are
only
> good for (and only used for) teaching how to diagnose and rectify faults
and
> failures on electric trains.  All train handling experience is gained on
real
> trains in service.
>
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> David Johnson
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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