Sydney vs Melbourne was Re: Sydney Rail strike tomorrow

["Russell Norton" <russelln@primus.com.au>]

gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com wrote in message ...
>On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 15:17:40 +1000, "Russell Norton"
><russelln@primus.com.au> wrote:
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>>Railway Rasputin wrote in message <37F1EB4B.2F3D07A6@fastlink.com.au>...
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>>>gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com wrote:
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>>>> Here we go again i gotta ask you why are they shedding operational
>>>> staff when you have the ridiculous situation where some employees
>>>> drive all over the state in four wheel drives pressing buttons on
>>>> level crossing equipment to see if it still works???? this has to be
>>>> one of the most inefficient work practices known to man.
>>>> In Vic they fitted "healthy state indicators" A flashing white light
>>>> attached to the crossing lights if this does not flash it is the
>>>> drivers responsibility to report this to train control
>>>> I'm sure if SRA adopted this policy they could shed 500 non productive
>>>> workers and save thousands of litres of fuel and wear and tear on
>>>> vehicles a week !!!
>>>> Regards Paul Johnston (mnrc)
>>>
>>>I don't think you would have to fit the extra light. Haven't F and E
>>>type level crossings have hole in the side of the barrel of the light so
>>>drivers can see if they are working?
>>>
>>>rgds
>Russell i have driven trains in Victoria for 28 years and there has
>never been daily checks on level crossing equipment not even weekly
>and in the 28 years i have never seen nor heard of such a failure and
>as well the healthy state light is very bright and can be seen for a
>great distance


I guess that's one point for Melbourne then :^(

At least we got rid of manually operated gates in our city years ago <g>

Regards,
Russ..