Re: Melton - Bacchus Marsh close revisited.

[stephen <hannam@pipeline.com.au>]

The drivers have to take their eyes away from the track to read the ASW unit. as
this may take a while to read the message this was deemed to be unsafe.
The messages can be long so it wasn't safe.

David Langley wrote:

> Craig Haber wrote:
>
> > Howdy,
> >
> > The line is dominated by Sprinter's, which can't run over ASW territory
> > (except 7022, which has it's ASW panel relocated onto the dash).  I doubt
> > there would be enough ASW-qualified VLP crews to operate the trains either.
> >
>
> So what you're saying is that although the sprinters ar fitted with SAW
> equipment, the drivers won't operate them on those lines because the panels are
> not in the right position. Hmm, they're in the cab though. As for training,
> that just goes to show the confidence the railways have in their new system.
>
> David Langley.