Re: NSW CityRail Apprenticeship Info HERE

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

<signal_spotter@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> There were some good times in that trade but the worst job I had to do
> was get underneath the locos and change the traction motor brushes. To
> get to them would require crawling underneath the loco (unless it was
> over a pit) and then climbing up between the axles to reach the motor
> covers. Then you'd have to undo the bolts which required a great deal
> of force and inveriably you'd slip and whack your head on the bogie and
> utter some expletives. And underneath a loco is not the cleanest of
> places especially if the loco has just collected some cattle on it's
> journey. That used to turn the stomach. Yep I don't miss it at all.
> Still it was a stepping stone to a bigger and better career.


But did you put the bolts back? I don't know the number of times I found
bolts and nuts and fuel rack covers etc laying around after maintenance.