Re: The NSW Rail Safety Act.
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
5 May 1997 13:20:34 GMT
David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
>Jim Gordon wrote:
>
>> As for someone mentioning about Victorian broad gauge equipment operating
>> in N.S.W., many is the time that I have seen Vic'y stock operating beyond
>> where it should have gone,ie- VQLX's in Werris Creek,VHGY/X's in
>> Cootamundra, seems a bit more than a sugestion to me, [I have photographic
>> evedence to back these claims].
>
>What about the time there were no engines for the Ettamogah paper train, so
>they grabbed a couple of engines out of Albury (not sure which, but they might
>have been H or T or Y classes???) and sent them on the train. Two weeks
>later, someone told network control about it! These engines were not
>certified to go past Albury. They were not even tested to be in gauge or
>fitted with NSW Vigilance control.
It's worked the other way too. There was a defective train at (I think)
Wangaratta a year or two ago. The only available loco was a 48 at Albury.
It was run by a Freightrail crew with a V/Line driver piloting.
Cheers
David