Re: "lost" trains

[RNS <steam3801@hotmail.com>]

The reason he should have exercised caution in this case was that he
was aware that the steam train was having difficulties ahead and a
little bit of caution for the next two signals would not have caused
the system to grind to a hault. Also there had been ongoing problems
on Cowan bank with trains stalling and, indeed, signal failures.


On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 18:54:57 +1100, "Dave Proctor"
<thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote:

>RNS wrote in message <2sko6sghnn6hsi1jldmplv0kv3fvo8j1t2@4ax.com>...
>>
>>This means that the same thing was happening that day as the day of
>>the Cowan bank accident, except on the down instead of the up!
>>Whilst the signal failures being experienced on Cowan Bank may not
>>have been the only reason for the accident, it was certainly a major
>>contributing factor.
>>Once again, if caution by the following interurban driver had been
>>excercised the accident either would not have happened, or it would
>>have been considerablly less serious.
>
>But why should he have been exercising caution? My understanding is that he
>received green signals. The signalling was definitely the cause (notice I
>did not say "at fault") but if every driver constantly exercised caution
>when receiving green signals, the system would grind to a halt.
>
>Dave
>