Re: Re: [NSW] fatality at Kingswood

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 20 May 2001 00:05:00 GMT, Bill Bolton
> <billbolton@computer.org> wrote:
>
> >David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >> Interesting, as Energy Australia has no way of cutting power to the
> >> tracks.   RIC Electricians can, but no-one can get into the 1500V
> >> substations.
> >
> >If the commercial power supply to the substations is cut, then track
> >power will also be cut.  It is certainly within the scope and general
> >ability of the commercial power provider to arrange, often remotely,
> >the cutting of commercial power input to substation.
>
> If Energy Australia were to cut power to say, Heathcote substation,
> Electrical trouble would reroute power from Wollongong and Taren
> Point, getting the power back on within seconds.   Recently, during a
> major power failure in the city, the entire CBD was blacked out, but
> the underground stations were fully lit, and trains were running
> because the routed power from Lithgow, Newcastle and Wollongong.

Now where was the SR/RIC(equivalent)/CityRail media release making some hay
while this sun shone?

Chris