Re: End of Train Devices

["MattyQ" <matticue@corplink.com.au>]

xenophon@starting-point.com wrote in message
<924660488.973304@terra.ultra.net.au>...

> We've been told that "management" are looking at a US
> gadget which sits on the last auto coupler and is also connected
> to the train line. Any drop in air pressure at the back triggers an
> in cab alarm. QR will probably reject them as "too much money"
> even though they continue to piss money up against the wall on
> Grandiose white elephnat schemes :-(
>Darryl.
>

Well, for a start, ETAS systems won't work on cane trams since they do not
have any brakes. QR, on the other hand, were reported to have been given the
opportunity to test a Union Switch and Signal ETAS system free of charge. QR
were not interested in the slightest.

Regards

Matt Smith
Brisbane, Queensland
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