Re: Pass Locos

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

tezza wrote:

> Bob wrote in message <34B95C7D.E9F3CC54@fastlink.com.au>...
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> :
> :tezza wrote:
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> :> 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
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> 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.

  You would be surprised what some truckies put up with. Some even driver "heaps
of shit" with no brakes. They dont complain however cos if they did they
probable would not have a job for long. There is no way that you can compare a
truckies conditions with that of a train driver. I'm damn sure that they dont
get tonnage money for their shifts!Lets face it , A government railway driver
enjoys quite good conditions compared to the private sectore. Just ask your
comrades in South Australia and Tasmania about their conditions under private
enterprise. Not quite the same. Oh yes ,and I'm not a truckie either!
                                            Bob