Re: John Brew (a blast from the past)

["DJ NightShade" <dj_nightshade@geocities.com>]

Well, i can vouch for the how bad the condition of the line is. in some
places in the blue mountians, the track has almost been warn away to
nothing, and also that now famous section between st marys and penrith is
still buckled in places. just travel in places like seven hills to richmond,
or most of the east hills line and it becomes quite clear! i also rember
seeing some track dated 1949 somewhere near piction :-)
but enough of the bitching, it is realy good to see some upgrading in place
between penrith and centeral. pity there dosen't seem to be enough money to
do everywhere!!!

--
Paul Jones

Bob wrote in message <355FF812.E2E273CE@fastlink.com.au>...
>Tonight i saw John Brew the former Cheif Executive of State Rail
>(Liberal appointment) that was sacked by the Labour Government on the
>news. He was wearing his Engineers hat and telling us how bad the
>Western line is from Granville to Lithgow. Could this be a bit of sour
>grapes or even a bit of political revenge? It is well known of Mr Brews
>connections with the Liberals. If I recall correctly he was appointed as
>a consultant by the federal Liberal Government to give them a report to
>justify the sale of A.N. and we know the results of that. It would seem
>that with a state election less than a year away the Libs have drawn out
>someone with an ounce of credibility to tell us what we heard on A
>Current Affair some weeks back. I wonder if the Western line is any
>worse now to when Mr Brew was in charge? Also why did they specifically
>say Granville and not say Penrith? Could there be some scare tactic
>being used by reminding us of the Granville disaster? If Mr brew no
>longer works for SRA what is the source of his information? Maybe he
>just watches A Current Affair like the rest of us and wants to be seen
>on TV again?
>Bob
>