Re: WALO Conditions in the North West (NSW)

[Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>]

David Johnson wrote:
> 
> Gavin Potter wrote:
> 
> > There are currently WALO conditions on all branch lines in the North West of
> > NSW. This means that no trains will be running during daylight hours (or
> > there abouts) on any of the branches. Trains will depart around 2000 each
> > night after stowing for the day. With the hot conditions up here it we could
> > have these train patterns for a few days.
> 
> Why???   WOLO merely reduces the speed of the trains.  Out on those branches,
> WOLO would have no effect, because the track speed is so slow to start with.

On some of the Class 5 lines, WOLO or pseudo-WOLO conditions do NOT
merely "reduce the speed of the trains" but in fact cancel them
altogether for some hours of the day - so in effect trains are
restricted to running at night. Or if you like to look at it that way,
they do reduce the speed of the trains - to zero.