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Re: Olympic Loop
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Olympic Loop
- From: gono@alphalink.com.au (Paul Johnston)
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 22:01:43 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Alphalink Australia
- References: <34A0D7D7.21837AB6@fastlink.com.au> <67vb8j$21i$1@the-fly.zip.com.au> <34A3A158.C88FCF35@fastlink.com.au> <01bd1590$5bad4d40$0100007f@mikej> <883538968.911885@fermi.dialix.com.au> <keithm.173.34A9E8E8@happy.dca.gov.au> <01bd15bc$0d7d6ac0$0e4a23cb@locxvcym>
On 31 Dec 1997 07:27:28 GMT, "David Proctor" <daproc@bigfoot.com>
wrote:
>
>> >Adam Joyce (NoSpam_adamj@senet.com.au) wrote:
>> >: Alternatively why not have a guard on each platform permanently. Once
>doors
>> >: on both sides of the train are closed, the guards signal to the driver
>that
>> >: there is no obstruction and that he/she may depart. No one would
>therefore
>> >: get dragged along the platform
>>
>> >Yeah, have an assistant guard (or guard's assistant if you like)
>> >on Olympic trains, who tells the guard that his side is clear, such that
>
>> >the guard will know when to signal the driver that both sides are clear.
>>
>> >David Bradshaw
>> >
>>
>> Whats wrong with the driver watching his side and the guard the other.
>They
>> use bell signals for right away any way dont they?, o the driver doesn't
>have
>> to be on the same side as the guard
>
>I think the issue is who will give the driver the two bells to pull up if
>someone attempts to open the doors on the opposite side to the guard as the
>train is starting to move - this is not something that the driver could
>watch for.
>
Just do it like they do it in melbourne driver only close the doors
look forward and dont think about it if the PTC think it is an
acceptable risk who are we to argue.!!!!
regards Paul Johnston.