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Re: RIP ASW?
- Subject: Re: RIP ASW?
- From: gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 06:48:07 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:00:25 +1000, David Johnson
<trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>David Langley wrote:
>
>> David Johnson wrote:
>>
>> > It will stop a minor over-run causing a major disaster.
>>
>> In railway signalling on a single line, there is no such thing as a minor over-run.
>
>Yes there is. Picture this scenario: A train is entering the loop, but the driver
>puts the brakes on a bit too late and goes 10 metres past the signal. This is my
>definition of a minor over-run.
>
>In NSW, the train would just back up and there would be no damage (apart from the
>driver's butt)
>
>If running crosses were allowed, and it was a long loop, the train could have
>potentially hit the side of the opposing train which could have been travelling at
>speed.
David on the main south line a overrun of 10 meters on the loop road
will cause the loco to derail through the catch points AKA the XPT at
Henty a few years ago.
regards Paul Johnston (MNRC)