Re: GSR - Overland
Terry Burton (telljb@ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 06:50:09 GMT
mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly) wrote:
>I guess the obvious question here is do GSR actually employ any electrical /
>diesel fitters who are qualified to maintain the gen sets ?
>People like this are usually hard to come by and certainly you cant pay them
>peanuts.
>Large diesel gen sets like the ones in the HGMs will last forever with proper
>maintenance, and the maintenance needed isnt great.
>On a similar question who owns all the ex aurora PHNs?
>cheers
>MD
AN had a "Train Technician" onboard, he was the fella
who nursed the gen sets, air conditioning and anything
else that might have caused problems.
He had to be a good all rounder, they are definitely
hard to come by, and a thing of the past, me thinks.
----Tell
Alice Springs NT