Re: [QLD] Red Rattlers be damned!

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

The guards right of way indicators at Central station show the illuminated
semaphore symbol at 45 degrees when the signal clears but from memory a letter
E appears below the semaphore until the signal clears sufficiently for a
diesel loco of a train to be stopped clear of the tunnel by the next signal at
danger.  The E of course signifies electrics only (loco hauled or EMUs).  An
illuminated D is also shown when clearance is sufficient for the diesel to
clear the tunnel.

Did I get that right (6 months since I was last there)?

Chris

Andrew Price <aprice@mail.dotcom.fr> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:08:38 +1300, David McLoughlin
> <davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote:
>
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>
> >When was Brisbane's last steam-hauled train in regular passenger
> >service? I remember when I was very small being on one going through the
> >tunnel between Central and the Valley. The carriage filled up with soot.
>
> I seem to recall seeing a notice to drivers of steam and diesel
> engines at one end of that tunnel, warning that they were not to
> proceed past the signal unless it was showing a *green* aspect,
> presumably to ensure that the loco didn't get stopped half-way
> through.