Re: Driver Only

[petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)]

Hi,

lots of swing nose points on the new Gold Coast line.  They have given
very good service for a few years now with a very busy suburban
service. Perhaps the NSW engineer responsible had a holiday on the
Gold Coast and discovered swing nose points!! Stranger things have
happened!

Cheers
Peter Colkey



On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 05:32:00 GMT, mpp_editor@my-dejanews.com wrote:

>In article <mauried.178.366B3F84@commslab.gov.au>,
>  mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly) wrote:
>(snip)
>> In relation to Hunter Valley coal working, has anything happened in regard to
>> the trial of ATP (Automatic Train Protection Equipment) which was
>> recommended by the Coroner as a result of the Beresfield Incident and was
>> agreed to by the then NSW Transport Minister.
>>
>I can't recall it going to a coronial inquiry as no one was killed. Maybe they
>did hold one.
>
>No this sugestion has seemed to be burried.  My beleif is this DOO working
>will operate between Maitland and Port Waratah/ Kooragang. If there is
>difficulty with a train, the worst case scenario would see assitance from
>Port Waratah arrive by car in approx 20 to 30 minutes.	The logic behind this
>so it would seem would be the cost factor of paying only one crew member
>while the train awaits to unload due to conjestion, or in the yard at Port
>Waratah and Kooragang.
>
>  In a related note, there is a hell of a lot of new high speed crossovers
>being installed in the Hunter Valley. There is a set of high speed crossovers
>right at the top of Minimah bank near Singleton for both directions, and also
>at least 5 sets are going to be installed between Sandgate and Maitland, to
>allow bi- directional running on the coal roads. Of interest all these points
>are designed for 80Km/H, on concreate, and also contain the swingnose type of
>switch for the "K crossing". In the past the railways steered away from this
>practice with high speed points, but now have re- adopted it. The only other
>points in NSW to have this setup are the high speed points at Glenfield for
>trains to run on the East Hills line.
>
> I hope this helps
>
>Stuart Ellis
>
>
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