Re: East/West ends [Was - Re: [Vic] Geelong Line CLOSED]

["Samuel Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au>]

> >Kinda gets messed up on the sparks, because the west end becomes the east
> >end as soon as the train goes through the loop! If a spark driver has a
> >defect on a west end car before he enters the loop and he will be going
> >through the loop straight away, does he report it as an east or a west
end
> >defect?
>
> Well this system is not used on the sparks, neither would it be used in
> general fault reporting. All vehicles can be coded No 1 and No2 end. This
is
> done by making the No 1 end the end which the brake cylinder points
towards.
> This is, as far as I know, a 'VR thing' and may vary from state to state.
> The 1 and 2 ends are usually marked on the frame or ends of cars to avoid
> having to crawl under the car to find the brake cylinder!

Oh, ok. It's just that when METROL ask us (SOs) for a motor number, they
want to know if it is on the East or West end. I wasn't sure it if was used
in fault reporting or not...

Sam