Re: 4D (again)

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

Michael please remember we have Cherry Kickarovski up here as opposition. If we even TRIED to remove
guards there'd be a HUGE debate in the Legislative Assembly about job creation in NSW and how Bob
Carr's a bad premier by making some unknown number of guards redundant.

Bill McNiven's Y2K predictions may even come true though :-)


"Michael Kurkowski" <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> said:
>
> >It can be done when all the S, C, K and V sets are scrapped and all new
> >Millennium trains used in the sytem. (to the experts...the sets i
> >mentioned are NOT DOO are they!)
>
> Why does it have to wait for that? Melbourne went DOOM 7 years ago now,
> utilising current rollingstock. Both Comengs and Hitachis had a box
> enclosing the driver. Hitachis had a hole cut out while the Comengs had a
> door removed. Later cab mods made the cab a full open layout, much like the
> T sets and 4D. AFAIK, Hitachis also had guages and a number of switches,
> which in due course were relocated.
>
> For curved platforms, large secure boxes with 4 monitors inside, together
> with a number of cameras will allow the driver to see all 8 cars. Remember,
> Melbourne 6 car sets are not too much shorter than an 8 car tangara
> (between 10-20 metres only - about one car length) - V sets are another
> story, and guards should be retained for Intercity purposes anyway.
>
> I'm not an economic rationalist, far from it, but guards have been proven
> to be a waste. Wouldn't the money be better spent on ways of increasing the
> reliability of the system?
>
> Once again, the guard debate starts...
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
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