Re: First train to Airport [Sydney,NSW]

["Rod Gayford" <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au>]

Also the earth wires that ran from the overhead to the rails were gone on
Friday morning. I wasn't sure about the derails as another train blocked my
view but I could see they were gone on y return trip that afternoon.
Cheers
Rod Gayford

"Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> I noticed on Friday (11/02) at 1730 that the removable de-rails have been
> removed (permanently it appeared) from both the up and down lines at both
> ends of the Airport Line.  The rails have also received some use on either
> Thursday or Friday as some rust has been removed by a passing train
> (trains).
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> The two non-tunnel signals on the up line at Turrella and the non-tunnel
> signal on the up line at Central were all clear.  This is in contrast to
the
> first Airport Line signal on the up at Turrella, which is an automatic
> signal, being "artificially" held at danger since the signalling was
> switched on many months ago.
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> This is the first sign that I've seen that the line is generally available
> for traffic.
>
> Looks like route knowledge training is the remaining issue
>
> Chris
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