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Re: City Rail Problems 27/11
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
 
- Subject: Re: City Rail Problems 27/11
 
- From: Wollongong Quokka <quokka@zipper.zip.com.au>
 
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 18:52:00 +1100
 
- In-Reply-To: <3480C07C.414CB4C6@ozemail.com.au>
 
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
 
- Organization: The Zipsters
 
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On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, David Johnson wrote:
> > Only communication recieved by the guard on the 6:08 service appeared to
> > be coming from the guard on the 4:36.  A complete joke.
> 
> I told him.  The only reason I knew what was going on was because a
> friend of mine was on the 16:18 and he walked from Jannali to Loftus and
> rang me on the mobile to tell me what was going on. 
> 
> Trying to contact Sutherland was futile.  The phone was engaged for
> ages.  (Understandable).  Radios were not powerful enough and the Train
> Radio was not working. 
Thanks heaps for all your info David.  The only question I have left then
is what are communications *supposed* to be like in this situation,
what *were* they like and why.  I presume the Train Radio would have been
the key (to communications) had it been working.
--
Robs the Wollongong Quokka
http://www.zip.com.au/~quokka/