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Re: [VIC] bent Comenge at Footscray!
- Subject: Re: [VIC] bent Comenge at Footscray!
- From: Chris Gordon <cmgord@VICSIG.alphalink.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 22:03:43 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: VICSIG
- References: <3b1c704b$0$25508$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <3b1c7b3f$0$25504$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <B74220D1.7A0E%markbau@earthlink.net> <aB5T6.6573$25.23565@news1.eburwd1.vic.optushome.com.au> <ainT6.108876$ff.815040@news-server.bigpond.net.au>
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- Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:38548
> > How stupid would a train driver be to just ram into another carriage?
> > on normal trips trains sometimes stop suddenly to wait for trains to clear
> > platforms at Flinders Street from Jolimont, and other places, and they
> like
> > to use their brakes.
>
> Do you have any idea how long it takes a train to stop?
>
> How do you know the signals or brakes weren't faulty?
For the record, it is 204m (uphill) from signal W223 to the platform at
Footscray.
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