Re: Re: [NSW]Fault Finding

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 01:53:26 +1000, "Tezza"
<tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:

>"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
>f79fht00vl4i2j5h76boqvkcn3qrvnciee@4ax.com">news:f79fht00vl4i2j5h76boqvkcn3qrvnciee@4ax.com...
>| On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:37:19 +1000, Marvin The Martian
>| <choochoo@spin.net.au> wrote:
>|
>| >Since before the Olympics  there has been train crews doing fault
>| >finding at all depots. This involved drivers and guards checking trains
>| >before they went into service. It was to reduce delays in the morning
>| >peak by finding problems earlier and getting them fixed so the train can
>| >still leave on time. This has no stopped as they have phased out the
>| >fault finding. Does anybody know the reason?
>|
>| Reduce the number of crews?   Fault finding is still rostered at
>| Cronulla, possibly due to the high number of trains entering service
>| with handbrakes applied.
>
>The fault finding crews didn't release handbrakes.
>
At Cronulla, one of their duties is to check all handbrakes have been
released when the train gets to the platform.


David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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