The brakes creep on and have to be released manually.
>
>Never heard of push-pull trains? If the trailing loco fails you are
>hauling a loco at the rear of the train.
Same thing happens often on push-pull trains ie the brakes creep on and
have to be released. If the rear one fails, of course it's stuck there,
but still must be manned.
>
>The conflict between the rules in different systems is amazing. What
>is okay in one state is an anathema in another. Wouldn't a national
>set of rules be great.
Of course, but whose? Now that we've got private operators, they'd want
the cheapest rules, which of course are not the safest.
>When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather; not
screaming and scared shitless like his passengers.
He wasn't a Driver Trainer was he? I'm sure I've been on some of his
pupils trains recently :-)