Re: [melb] Holmsglen Accident - Speculation Only

["Lookout" <blahblah@home.com>]

>From the "Book of Rules and Operating Procedures 1994"
DETENTION AT AUTOMATIC SIGNAL
The driver must bring the train to a stand for 30 seconds if an automatic
signals displays the 'Stop' signal. If the automatic signal is still at
'Stop' after 30 seconds, the Driver may proceed at a speed of extreme
caution, being prepared to find the section occupied or obstructed.
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Tony Gatt <baulko@tig.com.au> wrote in message
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> HXP1 <hxp1@dingoblue.gunzel.net.au> wrote in message
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> > > Also the driver would have been required to wait 3 Minutes
> > > as stated by a former Signalling inspector. This would have
> > > put the ETY 3 minutes FURTHER behind the Pass.
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> > 3 minutes or 60 seconds
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> Good Question.. I know after Syndal the time was extended from 10 seconds
to
> 30 seconds, when did it change again?
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> to quote David Guymer:
> <quote>
> 30 seconds was changed to 3 minutes after the last round of rear enders.
> Funny how
> nobody noticed.
> </unquote>
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> *snip*
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