Re: Signalling, was : Re: Outcomes of the Hines Hill crash.
Krel (krel4203@netconnect.com.au)
19 Jun 97 12:43:11 GMT
John Wayman <wayman@c031.aone.net.au> wrote in article
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> Krel <krel4203@netconnect.com.au> wrote in article
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> > The difference is that in Victoria Medium Speed is 40 km/h and in South
> > Australia Medium Speed is 35 km/h.
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> Did this difference in speed occur with the metrification of speed
limits,
> or was there a difference in the old MPH limits?
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I'm not sure about that one but I would not be suprised. When speeds were
metricated (metrified?) NSWPTC reckoned 60 mph was 100km/h but VicRail
thought it was only 95km/h.
Also, in NSW mileposts were removed and kilometre posts installed but in
Victoria a different solution was used - Mileposts were renamed marker
posts and distances were reckoned from marker post xx and so many metres up
to 1609metres when the next marker post would be found. These have since
been replaced with kilometre posts but these are still referred to as
marker posts.
Signalling trivia question - do you know the method used to number
automatic signals on the North East Standard Gauge and the Main West?
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Cheers Krel
"The Universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we
can imagine" - Clarkes second law.
Railway rules and regulations are the same.