Re: Australian Railcars/Electrics

[dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)]

Chris Gordon (cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au.#) wrote:
>The Adelaide red hens had two levers.  One for acceleration and one for
>the brake.  There is a couple of pedels but I don't know what they do. 
>There is a switch for Forward - Netural - Reverse and on for the head
>light.  There is a rope for the whisle and two handles up above for
>changing the two marker lights from White - Red - Purple - Yellow.

This is interesting as most rail vehicles only had red/white marker
lights. What were the yellow and purple ones used for?

Cheers
David