Re: Re: Re: [NSW] A few more questions...

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

On Mon, 7 May 2001 19:10:30 +1000, "Chris Downs"
<cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>
>David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
>4pkaft4a25jpsc4g1jepnu2srtgtqd1b32@4ax.com">news:4pkaft4a25jpsc4g1jepnu2srtgtqd1b32@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 6 May 2001 16:01:47 +1000, "David Bennetts"
>> <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
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>> >
>> >"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
>> >3af4dcf3$0$25489$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:3af4dcf3$0$25489$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
>> >>
>> >> At 40kmh?
>> >>
>> >
>> >Might be the case now, but trains in red rattler days used to regularly
>> >descend from the bridge at full pelt, often twice that speed.  Quite a
>> >dangerous practice given that it was all downhill to Wynyard.
>>
>> Very dangerous.  At that speed, they would have no hope of stopping at
>> a red signal.
>
>I had a few runs in single decks sets into Wynyard at high speed (around
>80km/h into the tunnel) but never in the wet.  Only got tripped once at a G/R
>(after chasing a few G/Y) but we pulled up well short of Wynyard station.
>
>Wouldn't the overlaps have been designed to cater for this situation (as least
>for most of the 80km/h speed)?  Currently the last signal prior to entering
>the tunnel is G/Y when a train is sitting at Wynyard so presumably a G/R is
>one of the next two signals providing 300-400m overlap?

Ever tried stopping a K set on 1 in 30?


David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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