Re: Riggs Creek Smash (language warning)

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

Maurie Daly wrote:

> The trouble with Annet keys , or indeed any sort of key locking system
> for points  is that it doesnt work in a train order environment where
> there are no signals, no interlockings .
> In the Ararat situation we had the absolutely ludicrous situation of
> the up home departure at Pyrenees loop displaying a green over red
> even though the road was set straight into the path of the opposing
> train.
> What a total mess.

Western NSW, when it gets Train Order in the 22nd century, will have signals
to indicate the position of the points, and it will be interlocked in a way
that will make this sort of accident very difficult.

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David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
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