English speaking world may have been a better definition of the ignoramuses..

Richard

On 12 Feb 2019, at 7:57 am, Prescott lenkaprescott@...> wrote:

There is certainly plenty of specific training in tramway engineering and operation in central and eastern Europe (from Germany across to Russia), which is part of the "western" world last I saw. DPP Prague even runs its own public tertiary college. Elsewhere in the world, however, they rarely seem to recruit graduates of these institutions, although I know of one leading UK consultancy that does. None of it finds its way across to Australia. I think Melbourne gets the benefit of "handed down" knowledge which is of course priceless on its own. It's truly frustrating why none of the other agencies or consultancies in Australia will get in touch with Victoria. It was even said explicitly by one of the principal engineers for the original Sydney IWLR at a team meeting I attended in the 1990s - basically we're not talking to Melbourne, we're creating modern light rail. That certainly worked out well (not).

I imagine you will be visiting NSW/ACT by 2020 as there will be plenty to see!

Tony P