Re: Train Order Working Orange - Parkes

Tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au)
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:58:55 +1000

dave pierson wrote in message <6i760b$aqe$1@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>...
>In article <6i3pco$lrp$4@nswpull.telstra.net>, "Tezza"
<tezza@atinet.com.au> writes...

>>Any figures on accidents/deaths in Nth America?

> Not enough to hand to draw conclusions.
> US, 5 year average, deaths per passenger mile: 0.6/billion (US billion)
> UK, single year (not clear which), same units, 0.5/billion (US billion)

> Which is across ALL systems of train operation, so near impossible
> to sort out "token (staff, etc) is/is not safer".

Do any of them use the disappearing train type of radio for issuing Train
Orders?