>trainman@cia.com.au (David Johnson) wrote:
>
>>Wellington is no longer a crossing loop.
>>David Johnson
>
>Does this now mean that the sections are Orange - Stuart Town - Geurie
>- Dubbo?
>
>Not a lot of flexibility in that, it will cut down on RAC's ability to
>sell train paths by a large margin.
>
>Not very sensible, is it?
I wonder whether it has been done to speed up the trains running
through the section. I followed an up grain train from Dubbo a couple
of weeks ago, and watched as it spent 10-12 minutes at Geurie, and a
similar amount at Wellington, for safeworking.
Of course, the introduction of a train order system would (a)
alleviate the inordinate delays working through the loops, while (b)
allowing the intermediate loops to remain open, even if little used.
Cheers...JD
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