>Alex Borodin wrote:
>
>> Actually, it wouldn't do anything in an area which is using axle
>> counters as the track circuit.. though I would think that there
>> are very few examples of axle-counters being used for Level Crossing
>> protection (if any.)
>
>All level crossings (that I know of) use track circuiting for detection. Axle
> counters are
>only used in CTC areas where lengthy track circuiting would be too lossy.
A question re axle counters in CTC (or other) sections:
What happens if a train comes to a stand over the axle counter and then backs
up? Do they have to call out the fitters to reset the counters?
This is what happens on miniature railway tracks that use trips rather than
track circuits to operate signals etc.
John McCallum