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Re: Implications of ICE crash

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Implications of ICE crash
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 22:13:54 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <6ld5m0$ute$8@gruvel.une.edu.au> <1998060718051800.OAA18668@ladder01.news.aol.com> <357e39e5.5884534@news.bigpond.com> <357B7997.6BE5@iprolink.co.nz>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

David McLoughlin wrote:

> Remember, the media are all we have and usually they do a good job

I dispute that.  On EVERY article that I have seen about railways, I have
noticed several major errors of fact.  For example, the news tonight claimed an
8 car tangara was capable of carrying a maximum load of 900 persons.  The figure
is in fact closer to 2000.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

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