Re: Signals that tell you not to stop?

[jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>]

HAHA  signal problem.   thats funny shit .  " but the signal said go!! " hehe ,
only in sydney  ;-) gotta love that place

TurnTableTed wrote:

> "William Ivery" <willivery@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> 3aa35604$0$25471$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:3aa35604$0$25471$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > Sounds to me like another cityrail driver stuff up
> >
> >
> > "Brendan" <nadnerb_2000@nospam.start.com.au> wrote in message
> > 3aa34af1_4@news01.one.net.au">news:3aa34af1_4@news01.one.net.au...
> > > Yesterday evening travelling from Central to Strathfield on CityRail, we
> > > bypassed the scheduled stop of Ashfield. The train had slowed down to
> > about
> > > 40 k's on the approah, but then seemingly the brakes went off, the
> > throttle
> > > was put in top notch and we roared through. This of course, aggravated
> > > commuters who had only seconds before been told that there would be a
> stop
> > > there, only to have to change at Croydon (which was not a scheduled
> stop).
> > >
> > > The guard announced about 60 secs after passing ashfield that the error
> > was
> > > due to a signal problem.
> > >
> > > Is anyone aware of a signaling situation that would do that? Or, is it
> the
> > > case, as is my suspicion, that "signal failure" is CityRailish for "the
> > > driver stuffed up"?
> > >
> > > Brendan
> > >
> > >
> >
> Ever hit a wrong kezzzzzzz
>  or
> Felt releived when you saw the sign that said,
> "5 kms from home"
>  or
> Your driver experienced a signal irregularity
> and had been distracted, unfortunately for Ashfield.
>  finally
> David Mayall was a passenger  on the platform at Ashfield !!!
> see ya round