Re: Signalling in Victoria

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Tony Gatt wrote:

 
> > > To the best of my knowledge, no signals are controlled from the rostrum.
> > > I believe it is like a train controllers position. They inform the signalboxes of
> > > what is going out/ coming in etc...

> > Wrong. The person in charge on the rostrum does have control over the arrival signals
> > from both directions. There is what looks like a GRS Table Interlocker provided and it
> > was photographed when the Signalling Record Society visited there a couple of years
> > ago.
> > The arrival signals are controlled because they can be held at stop when he wishes to
> > delay the arrival of the next train say until the crowds on the platform have cleared.
 
> Well, you do learn something new every day :)
 
> I have seen no reference to it in any signalling documentation whatsoever, nor was any
> mention of it made during a tour I had with a block & signal inspector. We saw every box
> on the line, he made no mention of rostrum having control.

> Thanks, Tony.


If you have a copy of the Signalling Diagram for the Racecourse Line, it
does show
the arrival signals at Showgrounds as being controlled from the Rostrum.

John McCallum