Re: Pass Locos

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

tezza wrote:

> Terry Burton wrote in message
> <69h7r9$o7g$3@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>...
> :"tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au> wrote:
> :>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.
> :[snip]
> :>A truck driver wouldn't put up with a tain driver's shitty conditions.
> :
> :I agree, but don't drivers have some obligation in
> :keeping their work place clean, if you have pig work
> :mates, get together with you Reps and DO something
> :about it.!
>
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> Fireman are required to "Maintain the cleanliness of the loco cab". To do
> this the loco is equipped with a brush, pan and toilet brush. The loco is
> filthy when it whistles out of loco, so there is no cleanliness to maintain
> in the first place - not that they could do it with the supplied equipment
> anyway.
>
> It has nothing do with "pig mates" it has to do with lazy cleaners and
> slack, selfish and uncaring management and constant budget cuts despite
> constant productivity increases.
>
> The union reps can't do shit.
> *******************************************
> :
> :On the old North Australia Railway I have watched
> :Drivers cleaning their own cabs, the NT's had brooms
> :dust pans and cleaning rags on board, most drivers took
> :a little pride in their Loco's even though the dreaded
> :iron ore dust got in everywhere.
>
> *********************************************
> FreightCorp cut out the rags in a budget cut. The drivers have nothing to be
> proud of in the first place. The 82's were good to start with but neither
> FreightCorp nor Ready Power clean or maintain them properly so they are fast
> starting to look like the rest of the derelicts.
> ********************************************
>
> When you consider that the 82s only return to their home depot every 92 days,
> you can hardly blame Ready Power for the filthy state of a loco once it
> reaches Sydney. With these units in particular the SRA staff and mainly
> cleaners have developed a "couldn't give a shit " attitude and as such they do
> get filthy. I can tell you however ,that each loco is washed from top to
> bottom and the cabs thoroughly cleaned every 92 days. I could tell you some
> horror stories about their condition upon return to the Kooragang depot but
> that would take hours. I wonder if the guy that pissed in the fridge recently
> does that to his own fridge at home?

                                                    Bob