Re: Train Drivers Life Expectancy

["Graham Smith" <dysonsmith@idx.com.au>]

My grandfather retired from NSWGR back in 1954, aged 60, being one of the
most senior Eveleigh drivers at the time. He was called in by the Chief
Mechanical Engineer, who asked why he was going early and not remaining
until he was 65 as he was entitled to do. His reply was that he wanted to
enjoy his retirement, not be dead in twelve months like some of his mates
who had gone to 65. He enjoyed eighteen years of happy, relatively healthy
retirement, while many of the drivers who featured in the newspapers as
steam finished and their careers came to an end were indeed unable to enjoy
a long retirement. It seems to me that the anecdotal evidence about short
retirements has been around for many decades.

Graham Smith

Marvin The Martian <"choochoo"@(nospam)spin.net.au> wrote in message
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> I am sure there is at least 20 different studies saying 20 different
things, just
> look at the studies on mobile phones.
>
> BEE EFF wrote:
>
> > That might have something to do with us sitting over the top of and in
front of
> > equipment generating large electrical and magnetic fields.
> >
> > And lets not even start about low frequency vibration.
> >
> > Regards BEE EFF
> >
> > Tezza wrote:
> >
> > > "David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> > > JR_g6.933$FU5.30221@ozemail.com.au">news:JR_g6.933$FU5.30221@ozemail.com.au...
> > > | Anyone watch David Suzuki's program the other night on SBS, dealing
with
> > > | sleep deprivation and its effects.  There were some interesting
shots of
> > > the
> > > | GO transit cars in Toronto, Canada with slumbering passengers
inside.
> > > Some
> > > | interesting statistics were revealed for shift workers - I presume
these
> > > | were for Canada - truckers on average lived only 61 years, and after
> > > | retiring the average "teamster" would receive only 14 monthly
pension
> > > | cheques before departing for that great truckstop in the sky.
Railroad
> > > | engineers didn't fare much better, living on average for 64 years.
He
> > > | claimed the average male life expectancy was 75 years (though I
understand
> > > | it's closer to 76 for Canada)
> > > |
> > > | Would be interesting to find out comparative statistics for these
> > > employment
> > > | categories in Australia, if these are available.
> > > | The Bureau of Statistics may have them available, but they charge
for more
> > > | detailed information.
> > >
> > > I'd also like to see the stats for cancer. To my mind there seems to
be a
> > > high incidence of cancer in both FreightCorp and CityRail Drivers.
>