Re: 20 mins to get from Parliament to Flinders St (the short way!)

[Michael Kurkowski <simcard@tig.com.au>]

David Johnson wrote:
> 
> Michael Kurkowski wrote:
> 
> >  At least half of the occasions it
> > sounded (and felt) as if the emergency brake had been applied. Does
> > anyone know what went on here? Does this happen often? And what would
> > compell a driver to jump out of the cab and walk down the tunnel to the
> > back of the train and back? (<sarcasm>Excercise?</sarcasm>)
> 
> Do Met trains have trip mechanisms?  If they do, it is possible that the rear
> trip mechanism was playing up.  If it were my train I would have cut the rear
> Safety Apparatus out.
> 

And just to add, the train wasnt put out as defective at flinders st, it
formed some ungodly timed werribee service...

one wonders...

Mick.

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