> Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
>
> >It staggers me that in 1998 that we still have safeworking systems
> comprising
> >signals which do NOTHING to stop a train if it goes past the red signal.
> >At least in the good old suburban areas we have the train stops.
>
> Which do absolutely nothing to stop a freight train from crashing into a
> passenger train. It's only good luck that this has never happened.
It has, on a number of occasions. One such occasion was Liverpool station,
1965. But don't forget, that the trip will only stop a train, not hold it
there. At Como some months back, a train tripped past the signal at stop, kept
coming and hit the train in front. Apparently the driver had been on the train
for 9 hours without a break. Whilst it was only low speed, it shows that
nothing is better at preventing accidents than a vigilent and alert driver.
-- David Johnson CityRail Guard trainman@ozemail.com.au http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/