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Re: Catchpoints - what are they?
- Subject: Re: Catchpoints - what are they?
- From: Peter Tonoli <peter@foo.medstv.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: 1 Jun 2000 14:19:59 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: The University of Melbourne
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David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Evad Rehtona wrote:
>> Melbourne has tram catchpoints at the various locations where tram
>> tracks cross railway lines at level crossings, and the points are set
>> when the train boom gates come down, to derail into the gutter any tram
>> which proceeds towards the level crossing if a train is approaching.
> At Gardiner there are scratch marks 4'8.5" apart in the concrete after these
> catch points.
Same goes for Kooyong, towards Kew. Off the concrete and onto the asphalt.
What's involved in the recovery of a derailed tram? Is it simple as changing
ends, or is a truck/another tram needed?
Peter.