Re: Beresfield Accident Findings

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Robert Bushby wrote:

> A lot of great ideas about train safety devices, but how come we have to
> refer to British and Burlington type remedies! What's wrong with the
> systems in place in that sunny state north of the Border Loop spiral - or
> is that being too parochial for all you NSW types and its archaic old
> English style railway system!!! I supose the good old QR (Quaint and Ratly)
> can afford such luxuries as they don't have to fund an Olympics - even
> their mainline tracks don't float, but then they are only 3ft 6inches
> apart!! But their transponder and auto train control systems have been
> around for a while, and they are very effective. And the expertise and the
> technology is in place and proven - all 613 miles north of Sydney!

We tried ATC over 10 years ago between Liverpool and Campbelltown, but for some
reason the project was dropped.  The first tangara had ATC, as did some members
of the soon to be extinct 86 class.

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David Johnson
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