Re: Indian Pacific passengers work up head of steam

[John MacCallum <engineman@ozemail.com.au>]

As I understand it there is no responsibility for delays
to others trains following a de-railment or even a track
failure. Similar to what the situation is with road users.
If a truck overturns and blocks the Hwy. for half a day the
thousands of other road users that are inconvenienced or
delayed have no recourse.

I read the article in the SMH about all the people on the
Indian that were thoroughly pissed off about the delays.

Yes there should be alternative routes and all lines should
be fenced from live stock and all Level Crossing should be
protected by Lights and Booms. The money has not been made
available to provide for these Infrastructure improvements
so therefore SHIT still happens!

As for the Whingers on the Indian they can get knotted.

Cheers

John
Maurie Daly wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:59:23 +1000, "tony bailey"
> <mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au> wrote:
> 
> 
>> GSR should charge the car owner! _ I Hope he has plenty of insurance.
>> 
>> --
>> Tony Bailey
>> Mercury World Travel
>> Mercury Travel Books
>> mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au
>> "David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
>> 3AC3F631.8CC7C689@fang.omni.com.au">news:3AC3F631.8CC7C689@fang.omni.com.au...
>> 
>>> Angry passengers on the Indian Pacific will lodge written complaints
>>> demanding refunds after a "nightmare" ride from Perth. The train was
>>> delayed in Perth for three days after a derailment, and again after
>>> hitting a car at a level crossing near Orange about 4am yesterday.
>>> 
>>> http://www.smh.com.au/news/0103/30/national/national9.html
>> 
>> 
> Isnt it interesting.
> Everyone is commenting that the car owner is responsible for  the
> delays.
> What about the derailment in WA,which caused 3 days delay.
> Who should GSR charge for this delay??
> 
> MD