Re: Pass Locos

[keithm@happy.dca.gov.au (Keith Malcolm)]

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>...
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>: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