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Re: Black boxes for all trains



Is the report on the net, I'm assuming it is or will be.

Dave Malcolm

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
3AD50969.5946CCD1@fang.omni.com.au">news:3AD50969.5946CCD1@fang.omni.com.au...
> 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?]