Re: Re: Signalling queries

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
| On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:21:48 +1000, "Tezza"
| >"Bradley Torr" <truenorth@one.net.au.SPAMTRAP> wrote in message
| >news:01c0f281$84ecfa80| Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in
article
| >
| >| > Normally, they'd ring Control and be told whether they were to travel
on
| >| the staff or ticket. Fuckups do happen though. A train could break down
| >| causing the order to change. I think these days (no longer using staff
and
| >| ticket), thek'd use a SAO.
| >|
| >| Train crews use dry savoury square-shaped biscuits to let the
signalling
| >| system know that the train has entered a new section? :-)
| >
| >Not dry, soggy  :-)
| >
|
| True.  Most SAOs are issued when it's raining, due to signal failures,
| hence the term "Soggy SAOs".   Nothing to do with a bunch of drivers
| standing around with a SAO pad on the ground...   I think I'll stop
| there.

And so you should.