Re: Dubbo XPT hits truck

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Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
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> If the lights weren't working, why was the train allowed to go through?

If control knows of defective F/L, drivers are usually verbally warned.

> Down here in Mexico, many of our level crossings are protected (home
> signals?) so if the gates aren't down and/or lights have failed, the train
> doesn't get a stick to proceed.

Yes and No.

If there is a signal adjacent to a level crossing, it is usually, but not
always, interlocked with the flashing lights.  Now depending on what caused
the F/L or Booms to fail this may or may not prevent the signal may or may
not be interlocked with the Xing to clear.  If it was a track circuit
failure, this might prevent the signal from clearing, or it may have
affected the last signal/s in the rear.

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