Re: Out of Gauge Suburban EMU's in Sydney (Was DOO In Sydney)

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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 08:26:15 +1000, "WhaleOilBeefHooked"
<daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote:

>Exnarc <gwrly@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
>7tqapk$2ano$1@otis.netspace.net.au">news:7tqapk$2ano$1@otis.netspace.net.au...
>>
>> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
>> 38007F37.5753BD5F@ozemail.com.au">news:38007F37.5753BD5F@ozemail.com.au...
>> > Bill Bolton wrote:
>> >
>> > > "WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > They do not run with the doors open, so it never comes up.
>> > > [snip]>
>> > > > then they will be out of gauge with mirrors that protrude more than
>> > > > a few inches.
>> > >
>> > > You seem to be missing the obvious corollary.... the mirrors, like the
>> > > doors could retract before the train starts moving.
>> >
>> > New procedure for DOO:
>> > 1) Make doors closing announcement.
>> > 2) Blow Whistle
>> > 3) Close Doors
>> > 4) Observe Doors Close in mirror
>> > 5) Retract Mirror
>> > 6) Stick head in bucket of sand provided and depart station feeling good
>> in the
>> > knowledge that your mirror is safe from hitting anything, even if the
>old
>> lady
>> > with her leg stuck in the door of the seventh car isn't.
>> >
>>
>> That's why you have sensors that detect if a door is not completely
>closed,
>> this prevents power by means of a Traction Power Delay and a Blue Flashing
>> Light in the Cab indicates to the Driver that a door isn't closed.
>
>And all of a sudden, the re-engineering involved is starting to get more and
>more complicated.
>
>DaveP
Bottom line is if they can save forty million dollars a year they will
throw 10 times that much at it to get it .
Just have a look at NR they are throwing MILLIONS of dollars at
getting DOO for a saving of somewhere in the vicinity of 1 million
dollars a year what they continually overlook is that if something as
simple as a train comes apart then it will take hours to get it going
again if procedures are followed .
Then have the Toll train delayed like this two or three times a month
and what are they going to do they are going to say goodbye NR we will
move our stuff with a RELIABLE operator one whom has two men on the
loco!!
With NR DOO has gone from a want to a need and it is now a holy grail
My comments are not those of my employer
Regards Paul Johnston (MNRC)