Re: [General] Information about block working

["Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

"keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> Ronald BESDANSKY <ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> > When a double-line manual track block  section ends at a 1) a terminal
> > station; or 2) a station where the line becomes single (worked by OTS,
ETS
> > etc), how are trains accepted from the box in the rear? It would seem
that
> > all trains would have to be accepted under the "line clear but station
or
> > junction blocked" regulation. I think that is not normally allowed for
> > passenger trains??
> >
>
> Are there any locations where this can occur?
>
Many places, I would have thought - in the past, if not now - e.g. (in NSW)
Junee (double line to single line), various places on the West and North,
Unanderra, Camellia, Telarah. Also, in my first example,  Newcastle
(dead-end  DLTB section) etc etc

Rgds

Ron Besdansky
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