Re: [NSW] RSA takes two weeks to repair broken points on CityRail line

[Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org>]

"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> This is a slow and costly exercise, in almost everything else an inventory
> of standard parts can fit the bill.  It would be much cheaper and faster if
> trackwork could have a series of standard designs and spare pieces be kept
> in stock.

They has bene the case for quite while now in NSW with replacement
point work, hence a lot of the "simplification" in layouts that has
occurred over the past decade or so as pointwork has become due for
replacement.

> I believe this is precisely what the old Great Western Railway (God's
> Wonderful Railway) did in Britain, had standard designs for everything so
> that anything from boilers to track sections could be replaced almost
> instantaneously.

Except for the "special work" that couldn't.  There is a limit to what
you can achieve with standardised parts, especially if space is at a
premium, as every model railroader quickly learns.

Cheers,

Bill


Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia