Re: Tonight's Railway Adventures episode- Get the REAL Facts regarding Victorian Episode.

[Wombat <a_wombat@my-deja.com>]

In article <377dccbd@nap-ns1>,
  "Grahame Ferguson" <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au> wrote:
>
> This story is the biggest beat up I have ever heard!
> Was anyone you know actually involved in the filming??
>
> The FACTS:
> At all times a qualified driver was at the controls.
> He either was standing a fraction behind Scott McGregor or beside
him, just
> out of camera shot.

Hard to stand behind the Driver in a Railmotor. Some of the wide shots
in the Cab show (IMHO) the the Driver was too far away from the
controls if something untoward happened. That is not in control.

> Further more when Scott McGregor sat in the driver's seat he was only
do so
> where there were no signalling , or safeworking involved.

By "no signalling" does that include when driving across the Viaduct?
and what about when he drove through the Track Gang? or drove along
with his head hanging out the window. Sadly this has injured to many
Drivers/Second Persons and should not be shown to encourage other
people. And some of the SRHC people on the Film Trip should have known
better (or did know better and chose to "forget")

> The actual scenes where he was seemingly in control was for no more
than 15
> to 30 seconds.  These scenes were then spliced together to give the
illusion
> of Scott driving continuously.

Which, still, does not make it right.

> How many times have you seen Politicians at the controls of a
locomotive at
> some special ceremony.

Usually stationary and all the appropriate (sp?) people would have been
advised well in advance. What happened with this programm was kept very
quiet and VLP found out 14 Months after the Filming Date.

> I'd like to see some bureaucrat take action against
> a Transport Minister or Premier for this.  An unknown actor is a soft
> target.
>
> TV is illusion- it makes things appear that do not happen to be real.
> I suppose some people really thought that Tom Criuse was flying an
F14 in
> 'Top Gun'!
> Get the facts!!!!!!!
>
> Tonight shows Scott driving an Iron Ore train in the Pilbara.  So we
all
> should ring up the WA Dept of Mines expressing horror at the sight of
Scott
> Mc Gregor at the throttle of a 20000 tonne Ore Train.

>From what I saw, he was not.

> We have all gone a bit over the top these days.
>
>

It is the the alledged illusion that he is Driving that the DOI ect,
are kicking up about and, as I said before, it will be all people
wanting to use VLP as the "Operator" of a Special will pay the costs
for SRHC's actions.
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