Re: VR Staff & Ticket and Pilot Working

[David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au>]

jdennis@acslink.net.au wrote:
> We believe there are provisions in the Rules for a Pilotman to be used
> in the event a staff is lost or damaged.  Makes sense, and is easy to
> understand, as the pilotman basically replaces the staff - although
> the thought of quite how he would unlock staff locked sidings leaves the
> eyes watering :-)

The Pilotman was supposed to wear a blue "PILOTMAN" armband on the right
arm above the elbow. A standard joke in safeworking courses was to ask
the question "What must a Pilotman possess?", the answer being "A right
arm above the elbow."

Cheers
David