Re: Pass Locos

[Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au>]

Keith Malcolm wrote:

> In article <69db0n$50c$1@loomi.telstra.net> "tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au> writes:
> >From: "tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au>
> >Subject: Re: Pass Locos
> >Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 23:50:41 +1100
>
> >Bob wrote in message <34B95C7D.E9F3CC54@fastlink.com.au>...
> >:
> >:
> >:tezza wrote:
> >:
> >:> No, I say most locos are useless - which they are. About the only good
> >:> shunting locos are 45's 48's and 49's.  Unfortunately except for the
> >:> upgraded Mark III&IV 48's the rest have shitty cab conditions.
> >:> The 80's shed power when you drop a notch whilst shunting, which is no
> >good
> >:> in a gravity yard. (I didn't miss the smiley)
>
> >:I wonder if tezza would be a train driver? Sounds like one! They never stop
> >:whinging about a loco. Trouble is they dont know a good thing when they
> >areon
> >:one. O.K. old mate, what is a good loco? It seems that you like to tell us
> >:adout the ones that you dont
> >:like.                                                        Bob
> >:
> >:
> >Mainly because most of them are old pieces of shit, poorly maintained and
> >filthy dirty. Drivers have as much right to a clean workplace as the next
> >bloke. There's no way the managers would put up with their offices or cars
> >being in the filthy state the locos are in or their cars as poorly
> >maintained.
>
> >As stated above the upgraded Mark III&IV 48's are good. The 81's are good
> >but are really starting to show their age. The 82's are good apart from poor
> >braking but they're even starting to look pretty crook as the cabs are never
> >cleaned properly. None of the loco cabs are properly cleaned. The 86's
> >aren't bad but the cabs and seats are antiquated, there is a big dust
> >problem that has taken about 10 years for management to even acknowledge let
> >alone fix. They are also very noisy.
>
> >A truck driver wouldn't put up with a train driver's shitty conditions.
>
> Gee your all a bunch of whingers. On steam locos the crews kept the cabs clean
> themselves.
>
> David Malcolm

  Funny thing about all of this is that I remember reading a drivers job description
recently and I'm sure it said something about cleaning your own cabs. The condition
of some cabs is a pigsty created by pigs! Dont get me wrong, a few rotten apples
spoil it for every one. I wonder if these " pigs" drop all there garbage on the floor
at home?  Oh and before you ask, No I'm not a loco cleaner!
                                                Bob