Re: V/Line Freight Vandalim

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

J Richmond wrote:

> A V/Line cement wagon was vandalised at Mildura recently (within the last
> two weeks). This wagon was not graffitied or taken to with a sledge hammer.
> The wagon was full of powdered cement and the vandals managed to jam a fire
> hose into the centre compartment. This turned the cement powder into rock
> hard, unmovable cement.
> The wagon was transported to Nth Geelong yard (how did they work out the
> weight of the wagon for the train?) and put near Nth Geelong C Signal Box. A
> truck with a high pressure water pump was used for 3 days, 8 hours a day (at
> $350 per hour) to break up the cement (the noise of jackhammers would have
> been too loud in the enclosed space).
> Why didn't they just scrap the wagon and use one of the many unused ones
> sitting around the state?
>
> Sam Eades
> metman@earthling.net

  Too sensible, besides a V/Line engineer justified his job by making this
important decision.
     Bob