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Re: Head on in the Western district
- Subject: Re: Head on in the Western district
- From: keithm@commslab.gov.au (Dave Malcolm)
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 15:23:07 LOCAL
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Dept of Communications LAB
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In article <mauried.490.3846F6AD@commslab.gov.au> mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly) writes:
>From: mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)
>Subject: Re: Head on in the Western district
>Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 22:46:05 GMT
>In article <38465285@nap-ns1> "Lineman" <grime@dcsi.net.au> writes:
>>From: "Lineman" <grime@dcsi.net.au>
>>Subject: Re: Head on in the Western district
>>Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:18:32 +1100
>>"Jeff Schmidt" <jschmidt@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message
>>38463aa0@dnews.tpgi.com.au">news:38463aa0@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>> <wacking great snip>
>>> That's the first part of the sign...
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>> Good one Jeff <g!>
>>> So like the man said in Oklahoma
>>"You gotta know the territory" Swell.
>>No ifs or buts,and its something a simulator can never teach you.You have to
>>feel it.
>>Lineman Graeme
>>>
>>>
>The reason I started this thread was not obviously to create a scenerio
>whereby a first time driver is going to be asked to drive a 5000 tonne train
>over a road he doesnt know , but to simply determine whether its feasable to
>allow it to happen , ie to ask a driver with competant train driveing ability
>to take in the first case a low weight train , maybe even a light loco over a
>new road.
This is how the Enfield crews were taught the Canberra line earlier this year,
an 82 class and about 5 limestone hoppers.
Dave Malcolm