Re: GEs for Victoria? my brain is bursting!!

["David Philips" <fredal@one.net.au>]

Why not just automate everything... No train crews, no signalmen, no station
staff. Let the computers run everything. Hmmmm, gotta watch them bastards
though, next they'll be giving themselves a pay rise and suing for hard
drive overload, wanting extra ram and of course a new, faster CPU. Where
will it end? No trains, no passengers/freight, no Railways? One shudders to
think. Maybe even NO PEOPLE!!     IIYYEEEK.  Help, a Robot is chasing me,
mummy......
Rod wrote in message ...
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>>Well maybe some ELs will make an appearance?
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>Lets hope its not because they contract out their trains to NR to haul!
>Now which Bank bought the EL's?
>and who owns Islington w.s.?
>Macquarie and W.C?
>huuumm.....
>wonder what WC will do now...that's two railways they have missed out on.
>next is National Rail...maybe they will go in with both barrels firing this
>time. Also thinking about Keatings
>400 million big spend and the cost of setting up NR, I wonder what it
>[N.R.]would be worth, considering V/Line surprised the heck out of us all
>attracting 163 million.
>Everyone was walking around H.Office muttering 43million, no one ,not in
the
>know, even guessed they meant better than the nearest etc....strewth.
>About 1100 people left in V/Line Freight, and that's down from about 19000
>only ten years or so ago.
>Wonder how they would run what is left, with the same staff that they
employ
>in their US and South American operations? that is 380 men!!!!!! And that's
>what is being said! I really dont think so, as most of our trains are
>already Driver Only, and use one shunter in the yard. The shunter operates
>the Signal Box, switches it out and shunts the train, then reopens the Box
>to depart the train, etc etc. Guess there are a lot of clerks and bosses
>that can go. You can sack all the track guys and outsource it, you can
close
>maintenance shops down, and contract the work out. You can even hire crews
>from a willing operator outside!!! We still have 3 weeks to wait for a job
>offer.
> Rod
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