Re: [NSW] Five (in a car) thought dead after train crash

["Alex Pout" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Alex Pout wrote:
>
> > As an aside, driving through Newcastle today, I went through the
Merewether St
> > level crossing near Civic station.  I remember when I used to catch the
train
> > home from school that there were old fashioned gates there that had 4
gates,
> > with swinging arms underneath them. From what I remember, they were pretty
> > substantial, and completely blocked the road in both directions on both
sides
> > of the crossing.  Then, they disappeared.  I remember thinking at the
time,
> > that seemed to be a retrograde step, cause with the buildings around, and
> > considering the traffic in that area of the city, sooner or later someone
will
> > go through it.  Opinions anyone??
>
> Full width crossing gates are only used at Controlled locations where the
> signaller can see the crossing is unoccupied before clearing the signal.
>


And what about the train?? Does it get signalled to stop?

Al