WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

MSS

Yes they do carry badges and ID..... Not all their work is uniformed

Down - Away from Perth (Except Fremantle where it is TO Perth) Up - Towards Perth (Except Fremantle where it is FROM Perth) Up and down isn't specifically talking about towards Perth.. being a railway its an old railway term and UP refers to "Towards the Port" and DOWN is "Away from ...

doggie015 wrote:Does anyone have any information on what has caused all trains on the Thornlie line to be cancelled? Because if I am reading things right the same thing seems to have caused signalling problems on all lines!

There was a points failure between beckingham and kenwick

One of the problems with WAERN that I've noticed, isn't actually a WAERN problem, it’s the operators. What I've noticed is that because people are so set into their old habits. "in this situation we use channel XX, and then we use channels X Y Z" etc like they have been doing for the last ...

This is interesting... They are going to have clarkson trains operating from the above-ground station (Departing platform 7, arriving platform 9) and mandurah trains terminating at the esplanade from Boxing day to new year's eve. Why would they want to close perth underground at such a busy time of...

Alpha's are ALO's (Aboriginal Liason Officers)... they are employed by MSS just like the Revvies

Rev XX - Revenue Officers at Fairegates (personal callsigns)
Romeo XX - Revenue Officers train riding

Yeah the Wilson guys carry the same equipment except their batons are only 21" - restricted by Security and Related Activities (Control) Act 1996, and their sprays are a different brand - SABRE instead of First Defense. I know because I used to be one of them... eeeek, wont do that again! :S H...

I had imagined that the cameras would broadcast all the time..but you raise a good point, they may only be triggered as required. I'll keep that in mind. If they were on all the time, how would they pick up the camera's??? It's not like they have cameras all along the track... or do they? The DAV c...

Thanks for the reply fireguard, I was hoping that wouldn't be the case as I'm an interstate applicant and would have liked some set days off to be able To head home occasionally :cry: The guys in rostering are pretty good, if you need time off for something, if you let them know before time 'Genera...

Here is what the ticket checkers see when they are looking at your smartrider 1st Line - If tagged on or off, plus whether a Bus or train tag and bus route number 2nd Line - Time and Date of last tag 3rd Line - Current Balance 4th line - Type of care (Student, Standard, Staff, Tertiary, Seniors etc)...

The shift rotation is not quite as simple as 9on then 5 off etc You can be rostered for 8 shifts in a fortnight and then depending on special events etc there is previsions in the EBA for 1 forced overtime shift... The 8 shifts may not be concurrent Ie. not all done in a row with a 5 day break at th...

Hi all, After riding the train to Mandurah today the transit security guards used some green gizmo to check our smartriders. Any idea how they work? Is the tag on status stored on the card, or does the card reader connect to the network to check if the card has tagged on? Cheers, Numloxx The status...

The 'Charlies' are the carpark attendants

A couple of trains broke down which blocked the lines till they could be moved