Union still has Qld tilt train safety fears ABC News 01 May 2009 Queensland Rail has been working with the rail safety regulator to resolve the safety issues. ...
The Union spokesperson makes a bit of sense. If the train is capable of 160k/hr and the crew are unable to survive a 60k/hr collision then something doesn't...
Neill and all, I have every sympathy for those that lost their lives and those they left behind and I also understand and sympathise with the concerns raised....
Agree entirely Graham. Well put IMHO. The train might having been travelling at 60km/h. What speed was the truck travelling at? A B double at speed is a...
Graham, I think you are missing Neill's and the AFULE's point here. Take your car for example. It is designed to travel at speeds up to 110 km/hr say. It...
Ben, I think you might be mixing up Rungoo with Mundoo (rubbish truck). Rungoo (the tilt incident) was a B double at speed. ... [Non-text portions of this...
Thanks Bob, I'll stop trying to do 101 things at once. Ben _____ From: qrig@yahoogroups.com [mailto:qrig@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ozbob Sent: Friday, 1...
Hi all, Mark did you get your photo of 2301D? I've seen it two days running. see below 30/4/09 1308hrs PN011 arriving Tennyson and then into thru road at...
I'll just say that as a driver of many years experience I tell my trainee's that they had better prepare themselves as one day they are going to kill some...
Hi All Just a friendly heads up along the New England Highway and the other highway running east from Toowoomba. 3728 left UGR Broadmeadow on the back of a...
... Gavin, While I appreciate what you are saying, and a death at a workplace is a horrendous thing, I don't believe the problem here is the tilt train. The...
All READ VERY CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING Having spent 14 years in the transport industry I can appreciate what is being said, on both sides of the fence....
Platform 3 Oxley eastern end access was opened yesterday. --> http://backontrack.org/mbs/index.php?topic=833.msg10560#msg10560 The footbridge is still not in...
rumour departments in Toowoomba claim 2100+2186 will be working an Acland bound empty coalie from there and back to Brisbane sometime monday no times...
Graham, I think you are missing Neill's and the AFULE's point here. SNIP - As for Bob's point, we will know more for sure when the ATSB report is released, -...
Hi all, Just a few of my photos from the model train show today. Not all QR sorry. http://tinyurl.com/d3j3f2 Not all layouts are shown as I just photographed...
Folks I think behind this story there was someone trying to establish a different safety protection standard for train drivers than for others [eg truck...
Brian Webber
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May 2, 2009 9:37 pm
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Yep, that's my point. It is relatively easy to provide much better crew crash protection on a locomotive than it is on a truck, plane, bus or car. If it can be...
Darra station upgrade and associated works is on in earnest. Some photos --> http://backontrack.org/mbs/index.php?topic=1373.msg10602#msg10602 Subway closes...
Bob Are they going to use the old Plat 1 ? From: qrig@yahoogroups.com [mailto:qrig@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ozbob Sent: Sunday, 3 May 2009 12:47 PM To:...
Yes, Greg. And another Platform is being constructed up side as well. The old platform 1 will be platform 2 ( and 3). Island platform and widened. Platform 4...
It is the May Labor Weekend in Brisbane and in the long tradition I visited the world's largest train set show in cow shed today. Two and half buildings of the...
Thanks Alan. Nope, still no luck. I`m hoping it is running sometime over the long weekend...??? Like always, when your looking you see everything else...
MARK & SALLY BEUTEL
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May 3, 2009 4:10 am
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Graham, As an employer QR has to provide a safe workplace for all employees, drivers included. This covers all their normal and extra work requirements. It is ...
Bob So basicially where the run around / goods siding was is going to be put back only a platform road. A pity the Quad was not put to Ipswich also. From:...
Tim While I hear and essentially agree with most of what you say - However I think it probably all not that simple (black & white). QR employees drive cars and...
... Not an overly big deal. 2111D & 2122D still see fairly regular use on export coal trains on the Newlands system. I actually put 2111D back onto an export...
There may be something being missed here. I am not completely familiar with Qld OH&S law – long time since I worked there, but most jurisdictions (NSW is a...
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