Re: "lost" trains

[RNS <steam3801@hotmail.com>]

The regulation is that after passing a signal at stop a driver should
proceed at caution for the next two signals. Caution is described as a
speed to enable stopping short of any obstruction.









On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:43:43 +1100, "Dave Proctor"
<thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote:

>RNS wrote in message <3ed37sslnpevsb9ai1jjum4oh48pseta9a@4ax.com>...
>>
>>Assumptions in an industry like rail are what causes accidents.
>>Caution is always the right attitude in safety, no matter what
>>industry we are discussing.
>
>Based on that, trains should never exceed 20km/h, since drivers are always
>assuming that signals are functioning properly?
>
>And there has still been no reply to the question I asked in my reply to
>Tony (not suggesting it should come from Tony, btw - a reply from anyone
>will do) - the driver saw a faulty signal - how far should he have exercised
>caution, ready to stop short of any obstruction? Until he saw a signal that
>did not appear to be faulty? Until he entered another signal boxes area? All
>the wya to Central?
>
>Based on what I have read, the driver saw *one* signal that was fluctuating.
>He proceeded at caution, and then found another signal which was on steady
>green. Given that he had not (based on reports) been told there was a
>general signalling system failure in the area, it is not unreasonable to
>assume that only the one signal was faulty. Based on this, it was perfectly
>reasonable for him to be travelling at the speed the signals and line speed
>indicated he could travel at.
>
>Unless you want every train that encounters a faulty signal to travel at
>20km/h for the rest of its run, that is.
>
>Dave
>
>>On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:05:53 +1100, "Dave Proctor"
>><thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>>RNS wrote in message ...
>>>>
>>>>Because that was reported at the time. The signal person at Hawkesbury
>>>>River had been talking to the interurban driver about the steam train
>>>>ahead having trouble.
>>>
>>>But it would not be unreasonable to assume that the steam train had got
>over
>>>its troubles if confronted with a green signal, would it/
>>>
>>>Dave
>>>
>>
>