Re: Black boxes for all trains

["Zee Fatman" <ruth_cook@bigpond.com>]

All QR Coal trains have black boxes on them. they can record data for
extended periods of time.

"keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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
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> > 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?]
>
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