Re: Rail + Safety Records

["Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au>]

Why couldn't the train crews contact each other by radio. This is purely a
rhetorical question as we all know State Rail (or whatever bit of it is
responsible) have been stuffing around with the train radio system for yonks
without tangible results. No trips in the Blue Mountains (or Gosford etc)
even though electric trains have been running to these destinations for over
40 years.

Cheers
Rod Gayford
David Martin <d_martin@mountains.net.au> wrote in message
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> Robd <robd74@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> 384765e6@newsserver1.picknowl.com.au">news:384765e6@newsserver1.picknowl.com.au...
> > Working in the Rail Safety Industry myself, I would have to say that
every
> > system is as good as the money you spend on it. Or in other words,
> somewhere
> > in  probably every rail organisation there is an accountant drawing up
the
> > budgets for area's without any technical know how or input. So I guess
> > anything that has anything to do with the government these days is
> probably
> > extremely risky.
> > Regards
> >
> > Rob
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> Only government?
> Private enterprise, traditionally, has been the one guilty of cutting
> corners to maximise profit. Government, traditionally, spent the money to
do
> it right. Then came economic rationalism, demands to slash government
> expenditure, and bring in the efficiency of private enterprise.
>
> David
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