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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> > > > > 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.
> >
> Probably, but it still f%^ks up.
>


Yeah, but if it uses the VLOM cards to drive your signals, they'll black out
during a system reset.