Re: Sydney train travelled 1km in wrong direction: SRA

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

Sam Eades wrote in message <38D7F9CC.39DE3D8E@yahoo.com>...
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>Gnome 412 wrote:
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>> A Sydney passenger train travelled one kilometre down the wrong track
>> because a signal was possibly obscured, State Rail said today.
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>> "There is anecdotal evidence that the signal post at Lidcombe station may
>> have been partly obscured.
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>> "It may have to be moved further down the line to make it more visible to
>> drivers."
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>If the train passed the signal at danger, why didn't it trip and therefore
stop
>and alert the driver?

I think it was referring to the signal aspect which was diverting the train
onto a branch, instead of keeping it on the mainline.

Dave