Re: guard/driver training (was: "Olympic Sprint Platform - Lidcombe")

[keithm@commslab.gov.au (Keith Malcolm)]

In article <373C3908.C7D7EF26@ozemail.com.au> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> writes:
>Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:54:00 +1000
>From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: Re: guard/driver training (was: "Olympic Sprint Platform - Lidcombe")

>MarkBau1 wrote:

>> In 8 years of driving sparks I cannot recall once instance of a guard helping
>a
>> troublesome situation, in fact the reverse was usually true, they often got in
>> the way.

>You drove in Melboring, not Sydney.  The guards up here are trained how to fix
>problems.  Some even remember it.  I can recall many instances of the guard
>helping, but I will tell you one.  At Cronulla, I had to divide and 8 car
>tangara.
>Whilst walking through the train between Caringbah and Woolooware (another
>story),
>I noticed extreme rough riding at one end of the 6th car.  Upon arrival at
>Cronulla, I found the airbag levelling arm which attaches to the bogie had lost
>its
>bolt and was hanging on the track.  20 minutes later, with half a roll of
>packing
>tape applied had the train leaving on time with the airbag inflated again.  Had
>I
>not done this repair, the train would not have left Cronulla for hours.

>--
>David Johnson
>CityRail Guard
>trainman@ozemail.com.au
>http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

Not all the guards have your experience with train maintenance though.

Dave Malcolm