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Re: defect detectors?

Subject: Re: defect detectors?
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 00:08:56 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Mark Bau wrote:

> Another detector is a high/wide or loading gauge protector, these are often
> used on tracks with a lot of intermodal traffic. They consist of a wire
> strung over the track, if anything on the train is out of gauge the wire is
> broken and a relay drops.

More common now are light beams.   There is one used at Midland [WA] to stop
double stacked trains going under the wires.

--
David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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References:
- defect detectors?
  - From: "Mark" <mr@iaa.com>
- Re: defect detectors?
  - From: Bruce Greening <norrail@optusnet.com.au>
- Re: defect detectors?
  - From: "Paul Jones" <dj_wiseguy2_nospam@yahoo.com>

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