Re: Does NR know about this?

["David Proctor" <daproc.spambait@umpires.com>]

James Robinson wrote in message <364E303C.F9F@ERIE.NET>...

>Yup, used to be that trains had five people to handle them, and crews
>operated shorter distances, too.  Luddites used the same argument as the
>numbers of on-train personnel were reduced one at a time, and as the
>distances crews travelled lengthened.

Practices may have changed, etc., but people are still people, and still
have the same attention spans, energy levels and fatigue zones. People still
get tired - this cannot be changed, and in fact was highlighted in the
inquiries into the Beresfield accident.

David "The Doctor" Proctor
daproc.spambait@umpires.com