VIC/ALL Power strike impact on rail?

[quentisl@leaves.ihug.com.au (OgO)]

Hi all,

As those of us in Victoria (and some in SA as well) know we had a blackout 
last night.

When it happened my housemate was on the train, the train kept stopping 
every 10 seconds or so and eventually made it to the next station (home) 
which was pitch black, and apparently kept going.

When we wandered down later (wondering if we could get a train anywhere) 
the only light at the station was from the metcard ticket machine 
<sarcasm>yay!</sarcasm> and the pedestrian boom gates were down, but 
powerless.  The level crossing nearby had the boomgates down and bells and 
lights going, although all the traffic lights nearby were dark.

What I'm getting around to asking is, *do* the trains keep running in a 
blackout like this?  Obviously the one my housemate was on kept going for 
at least some way, not sure if it made it to the city or not...  and we 
didn't see one at the station later, although we decided the better option 
was to go back home and crack open a couple beers before they got warm :)

Regards

OgO.
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