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Re: "lost" trains
- Subject: Re: "lost" trains
- From: "canetram59" <canetram59@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 22:18:09 +1100
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Stuart Ellis <mpp@zipworld.com.au> wrote in message
news:3864ADD4.215A8EC4@zipworld.com.au...
> I do believe that sand was a major factor, plus a few other things at the
time. I
> saw a set of light engines disappear off the track circuits at Chullora a
few years
> ago, due to excessive sanding. having worked in Signal branch as a signal
> Electrician, you would think I would know something about it. Track
circuits can
> fail to detect the presence of a train, if they are incorrectly adjusted
or
> impurities on the rail head after a buildup of rust on the tracks. Just
remember,
> anything is possible on the railways, the last few weeks have proved this
well.
> Stuart Ellis
>
I wouldn't have thought that any rust would have a chance to build up on a
track as busy as Cowan Bank.
canetram59