Re: CF5025 as used in 'The Matrix'

[ROY HOWARTH <rhowarth@ihug.com.au>]

Correct on one count - the pantograph on C7489 was raised & lowered on 
Sunday using air-pressure - no electronics involved there. And the siding 
in question isn't electrified. 

Any, yes, there are qualified electricians within SETS. Goes without 
saying that non-qualified persons won't be let loose on anything beyond 
their capabilities. We intend doing the job properly.

Roy H

matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier) wrote:
>
>
> I noticed the pan up on one of those cars on Sunday, and noticed it 
>had been lowered again on Monday.
> I some what wonder the safety implications of a group of volunteers
>engergising the electrics on a carrage that has not been operated by
>the railways for a couple of years and hasnt been checked over by
>the workshops.
>
> I do hope that they did have a railway certified electrical fitter
>around, or that the section of overhead is isolated.
> The thought of a bunch of well meaning but non qualified gunzels playing
>with a 1500VDC power system give me the horrors.
>