Re-Long hours

["STANLEY J. MITCHELL" <mitchell@gold.net.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote on Wednesday 14/1/98 :
>I thought NR with their 3 man 12 hour shifts were bad ,but 2 man shifts of
11 
>hours plus is bloody madness.
>Who dreamed this one up?

Just a correction to these details.
Nation Rail Crews  work 12 hour shifts as a 2 man crew and have done so
from day one. Three man crews are used between Port Augusta and Cook, also
from Cook to Kalgoorlie where trains run over 12 hours. Maximum hours for a
three man train is 15 hours.
It was ASR who started working their crews 14 hour and beyond for a 2 man
crew train.
Stan