Re: Derailment at Concort West - Reason

[Wollongong Quokka <quokka@zipper.zip.com.au>]

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 McFergus@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> In some locations (e.g. Cabramatta, Merrylands) the Green over Yellow warning
> of a divergence is replaced with the normal aspect (the aspect the driver
> would get if they *weren't* taking the turnout) together with British Rail
> style lunar lights indicating the route the driver is to take. Instead of a
> Yellow over Yellow at the junction, they get the normal aspect, with a
> dot-matrix letter confirming the route:
> 
> 
>            o
>             o
>              o           |B|
> G            G            G  [tn'out]  G
> G   ----->   G   ----->   G   ----->   G
> 
> 
> Whilst I'm not sure of the signalling arrangement at Concord, it seems that
> confusion over the meaning of signals may have been a contributing factor. The
> above arrangement would help reduce such confusion.

A variation on this theme appears to be fairly common on the South Coast
line, with the use of a fairly obvious indication of a turnout.  Is there
any reason why this appears to be the case here and not elsewhere?

Would it have made any difference at Concord?

Robs
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