QUOTE (dwb @ 1 Jan 2008, 15:46)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I don't get perfect video playback on my PC either. I blame the fact that I'm still using a P3 800 and only 10Mbs for the network connection to the broadband hub. If that's not the problem it's the unnamed animal (the cat is top suspect) which decided to bite the telephone cable a few years back...
What I caught from the video soundtrack was that they could run linespeeds of 100kph instead of 80kph because they could be certain that the wheels were all up to spec. The guy's job is going because there is no requirement on the railway to have the check.
As for making loads of dosh, I read recently that the Cargo side of Swiss federal railways was not doing so well (See this
report on Swissinfo). So it looks like the guys who stand at the side of the track are going to be high on the list of "economies".
DavidI can see why they are not making so much money that yard was rather full of wagons shoulnt an effiecent yard be virtually empty as all "jobs " have been sucsefully despatched