Re: New questions for rail experts

[billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

Chris Gordon <cmgord@alphalink.com.au> wrote:

> I would think somewhere relatively safe would be left on the tracks,
> derailing a train is not safe. 

A controlled derailment is safer than a head-on or rear-end collision.

> Yes there are cases where de-railing a train is better than a head on,
> but better design of the signalling and safeworking should stop the
> train well before a possible head on.

Except when it doesn't.

> The system of catchpoints in NSW turns a chance of an accident into a
> accident.

No, it turns a chance of a disaster into a relatively minor incident.

Cheers,

Bill