Re: Near miss at Victoria (London)

[jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>]

Yea h In brissy Theres a guy in a big arse seat  that is responsible for
cutting Overhead power From a computer.

The guys on track can however Cut the breakers manually,  But u can image
the Arc  with to trains at full power,  on a 22Kv line.   So id say  they
are only used as 'definate' isolation of power,  rather than cutting power
while online

Bill Bolton wrote:

> james_shugg@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > trains in the vicinity, and cut power to the trains (they were both
> > sparks), averted a collision. According to media reports, the trains
> > had reached about 15mph, but ended stopping about 15 metres apart.
> >
> > Can signallers on the various Australian electric systems cut power to
> > trains like that
>
> No, and I'm very surprised to find that British signallers can!
> Traction power routing control is a non-trivial excecise at the best
> of times.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
> Bill Bolton
> Sydney, Australia