Re: Phantom Bells

["Erika" <torpan@myrealbox.com>]

My concern is of the safety with such things as this.If there is ,and as our
experts have admitted  on this forum ,they occur on various trains,what are
the safety implications fellows????
"C. Dewick" <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
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> "Lourie Smit" <lsmit@ozemail.com.au> writes:
>
> >According to todays Daily Telegraph this is the latest problem to hit
Sydney
> >Trains.
> >It is reported that a packed train lurched 10 m forward at Town Hall
station
> >yesterday possibly as the result of 'Phantom Bells'.
> >Satate Rails siad that the warning bells may have been rung by an
> >unauthorised person.
> >The Daily Telegraph believes the train may have fallen victim to socalled
> >'Pantom Bells'.
>
> Phantom bells do occur.. They were a continual problem with Tangara's for
> quite a number of years due to electrical interference from other on-train
> equipment, and they can very infrequently occur due to jumper couplings
> shifting about on any type of train.
>
> Of course the media blows anything like this completely out of proportion.
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
>
>
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