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Re: "lost" trains


Dave Proctor <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
84hqjo$hvp$1@news1.mpx.com.au">news:84hqjo$hvp$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> Tony Gatt wrote in message <386C68E7.DA975FC9@tig.com.au>...
> >
> >
> >Dave Proctor 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.
> >>
> >
> >My understanding is that the signals were intermittent, the most
> restrictive
> >aspect of these being "Stop". If I were faced with a defective /
> fluctuating /
> >intermittent signal, I would certainly treat it with caution. Safety
first!
>
> If that is what he saw. But if it was red just before the train came
around
> the curve, then went to green, and it went to red as he passed it, then
the
> only indication he would have seen would have been green.
>
> Of course, it is all academic anyway, as the only person who can tell us
is
> unable to.
>
Yes, but a video/data recorder would probably have been able to tell us.

--
Rgds

Ron BESDANSKY