Re: Rail + Safety Records

["David Martin" <d_martin@mountains.net.au>]

The emergency services were called by passengers with mobile phones,
so.....
Passengers on the 2 trains could have been talking to each other.
Imagine if it came out that 2 of them were!!!

David

Rod Gayford <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au> wrote in message
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> 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
> >
> > 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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