Re: [VIC] bent Comenge at Footscray!

["Rod [comtrain]" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

> > 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
Now also for the record. When do you think the Driver would have seen the
rear of the preceeding train?
from experience, you would not see it till you were under the Barkley Street
overbridge, which is very close to the end of the Newport line down
Platform. Long time since I was there, but would it be a Comenge train
length?
Not much time to react and stop no matter what the reason you found yourself
there!
http://members.optushome.com.au/gunzelpage/scans/trains/05-06-2001_footscray
_accident-08.jpg
speculation seems to be the nature of this group, and possibly caused by the
fact that it will be a long time before an official reason is given, if
ever. Also the public seems to doubt the official explanations when they
arrive, because of all the hidden agendas and cover ups that we have long
been used to in this country, from both Government and Managements
Rod