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

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Sam Eades wrote:

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

>From what I can make out, the train came into Lidcombe off the goods lines, then
terminated and went straight back out the way it came.  I don't think the dolly
stick at Lidcombe has a trip.  If it did, it must have still been suppressed.  I
must have a look next time I'm there.


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