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Black boxes for all trains
- Subject: Black boxes for all trains
- From: David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:48:25 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: a roadblock on the Information Superhighway
- Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:34780
Every train will be fitted with aircraft-style black box data loggers
within 18 months following the release yesterday of the final Glenbrook
inquiry report. The devices, costing $10 million, were one of 95
recommendations by Justice Peter McInerney in his third report following
the December 1999 tragedy, this time focusing on rail safety. CityRail
announced yesterday that it would begin installing the data loggers as
soon as possible to all electric trains, while diesels such as the XPT
and Endeavour already have them.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,1889611%255E421,00.html
[Do FreightCorp locos have them? What about NR, NRR, GN, CFLC, and all
other operators in NSW? What about heritage locomotives?]