>David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>>Chris Brownbill wrote:
>>> It would seem to me that the sensible way to cope with the accreditation
>>> of 'foreign' railways in NSW would be to do what the road transport
>>> authorities have done ie establish an 'exchange' accreditation with
>>> other States. You can register a car and get a drivers licence in any
>>> State, and by virtue of this you can legally drive that car in all other
>>> States - even though the criteria differ from State to State.
>>Yes, but traffic lights are all the same colour. Railway Signals are not.
>>--
>>David Johnson - Rail Services Authority
>>trainman@ozemail.com.au
>>trainman@railpage.org.au
>>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman
State parochialism in relation to differing rules will continue until some
private railroad operator takes a State Govt to the High Court arguing that
differing rules in each state is a breach of Sect 92A of the Australian
Constitution.
This provision has never been tested before in relationship to rail,but it
certainly has in relationship to road,and in every case the States have lost.
Its only a matter of time.
cheers
Maurie Daly