Re: Brief Signalling failure at Camberwell

["Peter Dwyer" <peter.dwyer@qr.com.au>]

Michael Wierzbinski <wizzer1865@NOSPAMoptusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Sam Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> > "Paul Hambleton" <phambleton@labyrinth.net.au> wrote in message
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> > > A bit of excitement this morning at Camberwell.
> > > As the 1023 UP from Alamein approached platform 2, all the signals
went
> > out.
> > > No lights whatsoever. The driver dutifully stopped at the automatic
signal
> > > guarding entry into platform 2 before proceeding into the platform.
All
> > the
> > > signals then came back on displaying red before normal operations
resumed.
> > > Anyone know what happened.
> >
> > Sounds like a power surge or a brief power failure. With a power surge,
all
> > of the circuit breakers have to reset, then all track circuits "drop"
> > causing signals to go to normal (stop). The signaller then needs to run
the
> > time releases to put them back to proceed (usually 1 to 2 mins)
> >
> > Sam
>
> Strangely enough, this happens on a very regular basis, at least once a
week.
>


Sounds like Camberwell has a Westrace.