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Axle Counters: wasRe: Independent Review of Rail Safety Arrangements in Australia
- Subject: Axle Counters: wasRe: Independent Review of Rail Safety Arrangements in Australia
- From: John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>
- Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 17:59:40 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Melbourne PC User Group
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Dave Proctor wrote:
> Why does it have to be track-circuited? Surely a better (better only because
> it is cheaper and therefore stands a better chance of getting up) would be
> CTC via axle counters? It works successfully on the cross-country line from
> Unanderra to Moss Vale, as well as other places around the country, and
> would signifigantly reduce the implementation cost.
> Dave
A question re axle counters for protecting track sections.
Assuming that axle counters are used at stations rather than just
between auto signals,
how does the system cope with shunting moves? I would assume that the
axle counter
would count each axle passing over it regardless of direction.
Therefore, it would
get very mixed up if a reverse direction move took place. Is this the
case?
John McCallum