Re: Near miss at Victoria (London)

[jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>]

Yes same in brisbane, as i said, but i said it differently ;)

Aus Visitor wrote:

> jjjim wrote in message <3A59A7FD.2063C090@bigpond.com>...
> >Yes  I  appologise  I guess you cant call it an air gap ,  you wont see
> arcing
> >thru air gaps therefore, (power is turned of anyway) ,  I have seen some
> minor
> >arcing wehn i used to stand outside the back of a shop  i was workgng at
> for
> >lunch, just out of toowong station heading south,  Theres a section almost
> every
> >train would let a juscy spark out  as it passed , specially since they were
> >accelerating  at that point. (aplied to loco's and comuters)
> >
> In UK when a train approaches a Neutral Section (i.e. Gap in conductive
> catenary between feeder sections) trackside magnets switch off the traction
> then on to prevent backfeeds (out of phase) into the new catenary section
> when the train enters.
>
> AV