Hi Scott
On (09 Jul 97) Scott Pitcher wrote to Alec Cameron...
 SP> Is it true that they still use manual staff exchange for safe-working on
 SP> the NSW north coast main line? I thought that kind of ancient technology
 SP> was only seen in Victoria.
I do not know. But ancient technolgy, can sometimes be the most appropriate.
That line has a very low traffic density, and there have been serious vandal
attacks on signalling instruments.
Airliners have done beaut hands- off automated landings. I would not like to
be a passenger watching the entire flight deck crew walk down the aisle
stretching their legs!
 SP> ... He who dies with the most TAGLINES wins!
     ... He who lives longer, lives longer!
... ........To lack a grave matters little [Virgil]
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