Re: End of Train Devices

[xenophon@starting-point.com]

Barry Campbell <barryC@qimr.edu.au> wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>> 
>> bazt wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi
>> > Can any one tell me what end of train devices are being used around Aus
>> > and what functions they are capable of.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Bazt
>> >
>> > bazt@tpgi.com.au
>> 
>>   many of the cane trains in NQ use a stick of cane standing up in the last
>> wagon so that it can be seen by the crew.
>> 
>>Mackay Sugar trains use a reflectorised triangle on a pole which is designed to sit in a bracket on the last bin. Locos usually carry several spares but the inevitable happens and all sorts of emergency replacements are used from time to time.


>Barry Campbell

>(Sadly not in Mackay anymore)

 We've been told that "management" are looking at a US
 gadget which sits on the last auto coupler and is also connected
 to the train line. Any drop in air pressure at the back triggers an
 in cab alarm. QR will probably reject them as "too much money"
 even though they continue to piss money up against the wall on
 Grandiose white elephnat schemes :-(
Darryl.