Re: Beresfield Accident Findings

["Tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au>]

Jeff Schmidt wrote in message <354c5ba9.0@tpgi.com.au>...
>Tezza wrote in message <6igkff$re2$1@nswpull.telstra.net>...

>>>And you are suggesting that it is OK to put a several-thousand-tonnes
>>>train into full emergency with no fear of adverse consequences?



>>I've done it plenty of times and never had a problem. FreightCorp
obviously
>>don't consider it a problem either or there'd be all sorts of Safeworking
>>procedures to cover it. There's never even been a General Order about it
>>that I'm aware of.



>Every rail company that I do business with in Australia and North America
>all have procedures in place for emergency applied brakes. Namely walk the
>train.



Then you've obviously never done business with FreightCorp.