Re: NRC off the road again

["Rod[comtrain]" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

"Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Heard on ABC radio news there was a collision due to buckled track - not
> obvious how that could happen on a single line, unless it was at a loop
and
> one train derailed, fouling the other track??
>
> Which raises the point - are track circuit clips carried by trains
anywhere
> in Australia? (i.e. a pair of rail-head shaped metal spring clips joined
by
> a wire, so that they can be immediately placed across an adjacent track
that
> is fouled to  place auto signals to "stop" to (hopefully) protect the
> obstruction?
>
Standard kit for V/Line Pass and Freight Australia, also any engine licensed
to lead in Victoria.
Restrictions are placed on where they can be used.
In a derailment situation where overhead power is in place you would want to
be bloody sure that you had not dragged the overhead down, before shorting
out the rails
Cheers
Rod