Re: Things may be better for Countrylink Trains

["f.u.i.t.b.e.t" <fuitbet@yahoo.com.au>]

Another fire.....oops....very reliable only two fires so far this
year.....keep up the good work!!!!
"Jack" <dave60@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:45:21 +1100, "Dave Proctor"
> <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> >"Jack" <dave60@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
> >news:3a9b63a8.27426515@news.dingoblue.net.au...
> >
> >> >3/ The reliability of the Paxman pommie piece of trash is more than
> >> >questionable and has been since day one.
> >>
> >> It has how so?.....  they are the most utuilised engine in the rail
> >> industry bar none... they ahve done a pretty good job over the years
> >> for the attention they get
> >
> >Not addressing specifically Countrylink's Valenta's here, but looking at
the
> >Valenta as a whole, considering they went into 185 Class 43 power cars on
> >British Rail, and which are extremely heavily utilised, I would think
that
> >any failure rates of these engines are attributable not to the quality of
> >the engine, but due to their extremely high usage.
> >
> >And considering that the Countrylink XPT fleet currently sets world's
best
> >practice regarding utilisation, any failures would be due to such high
> >utilisation, not due to the maintenance (or perceived lack of it, or
> >perceived quality) on the engines themselves.
>
> Couldnt agree with ya more
>
> >
> >So, the engineering side of Countrylink seems to be right, perhaps we
should
> >start getting the passenger service staff to start treating the
passengers
> >like people instead of the dregs of the earth (oops, touched a tender
topic
> >here for Jack).
>
> Nah not with me dave  :)
>
>
> >
> >Dave
>  Cheers
> Jack