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Re: Vale Vic Steam (and all special trains?)
Paul is correct, the Ballarat Tramways were one of the first to gain Rail
Safety Accreditation, they also have museum accreditation, which does not
have any bearing on their safety management system. The biggest hurdle for
main line groups becoming accredited is crewing, unlike tourist railways who
can train their own volunteers, the amount of training for a main line
driver is beyond the scope of volunteers. Hence the need to be able to
employ suitably qualified staff from other railways (FA, VLP, Bayside,
Hillside, NRC et al).
This is now possible, thanks to the completion of an EBA which was created
jointly by Steamrail and the RT&BU. There are still other logistical
hurdles, signing of various access agreements with track access providers,
finding the money to prepare all the documentation (kiss $20k goodbye). None
the less, Steamrail is aiming to become an accredited operator by the end of
2001.
Stuart Thyer
Photographer
University of Melbourne
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In article <3ACC5F99.3FB78397@ozemail.com.au>, James Brook
<ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>I think Paul may be confused with Museums Australia's accreditation
>program which has nothing to do with rail safety. The Ballarat Tramway
>Museum was one of the first museums to achieve museum accreditation.
>AFAIK all tourist railways achieved rail safety accreditation at about
>the same time as it was required for operation. If people here are
>wondering what this museum accreditation program is, then here is a link
>to MA's page about it: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~museaust/map.html
>
>Michael Wierzbinski wrote:
>>
>> All tourist railways are required to be accredited.
>>
>> "Paul Nicholson" <pn1@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
>> p8Ly6.9136$45.53358@newsfeeds.bigpond.com">news:p8Ly6.9136$45.53358@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
>> > What about Puffing Billy and other tourist operations in Victoria? Surely
>> > they are accredited operators in their own right and would have had to go
>> > through the process of "hours of procedure writing, consultancies etc."? I
>> > recall that the Ballarat museum tramway advising its members that it was one
>> > of the first groups to complete the process of accreditation.
>> > Paul in Melbourne.
>> > .
>
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