Re: Head on in the Western district

[The Narc <gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com>]

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 22:46:05 GMT, mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)
wrote:

>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.
>
>There is a potential problem with the you gotta know the road philosophy in an 
>environment with horizontal integration, in that there is no way a new 
>operator can start, unless they can poach or buy a driver from an already 
>existing railway who already knows the road.
>As existing operators keep cutting staff, a time will come where its simply 
>not possible to start a rail company as you cant get started, ie you cant get 
>your first driver,as he doesnt know the road ,and none of your competitors 
>will teach him.
>
>The only way around this is to allow the infrastructure owners , to teach 
>potential new drivers the road , but this assumes that the infrastructure 
>owners themselves employ drivers who know all the roads within their 
>jurisdiction, a not likely scenerio.
>
>MD
Maurie if you start a new company in Victoria you send your drivers
(qualified that is) to the PTC training center at south dynon and for
a HUGE sum of money they will have said driver travel the road as many
times as he feels he needs then he will be examined and if he passes
the exam he will be required to sign a for indicating that he i
responsible for road knowledged over this route if he stuffs up he is
then held responsible.
regards
Regards Paul Johnston (MNRC)