Re: Another City Rail Signalling Question

David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 05 Apr 1998 21:18:58 +1000

MarkBau1 wrote:

> Oh God, the signal engineers are trying to drive the trains again!
> I thought speed proving was a uniqely Victorian insanity!

It is a feature to make sure the driver has the train under control, as there could
be another train just in front of the next signal. It is either that, or hold the
train at a red signal further out.

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