Re: Log train, etc.

[Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>]

Aus loco discussion mailing list

Bevan Wall wrote:

> 
> At the moment the log train is running on an as required basis. The
> train stays out at Hume for as long as it takes to load (which is a
> lot longer than the time allocated in the working timetable) and then
> either stays at Hume till the crew change or works back to Harmen or
> Queanbeyan. As soon as the afternoon Explorer from Canberra to Sydney
> has reached Bungendore the train can proceed into Queanbeyan station,
> remarshall the locos and then leave - depending on the crew, this can
> be as early as 18.30, earlier than the working timetable states.

Why can't it proceed into Queanbeyan station till the Exploder reaches
Bungendore? You can legally enter a station in electric staff territory
as soon as the preceding train has fully entered the section in advance,
without having to wait for that train to get to the other end of the
section. 

Eddie Oliver


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