Re: Indian Pacific hits freight train - Who's the Responsible Investigating body?

["Notagunzel" <notagunzel@bigfoot.com>]

Grahame Ferguson <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au> wrote in message
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> Besides all this does anyone know was Zanthus fitted with self restoring
> points with colour light point indicators?  If so, for the interest of
> myself and others, what do the signal indications show and mean?
> Does the locomotive crew of a train in a loop, which has pulled up short
of
> the points, before an opposing train has arrived, have to verify that
they
> are set correctly for the opposing train?

The turnouts into all the loops are operated by Dual Control Point
Machines, and they are configured for self-restoration.  When a Driver
arrives at a loop and needs to take the loop, the train stops short of the
points, driver presses a button on the side of the equipment hut, and the
points run reverse.  When the train is in clear, the points self-restore.
Exiting from the other end is the same.

The Equipment Hut has on the roof a Searchlight pointing in each direction,
the aspects are Flashing Green - points normal, Flashing Yellow - points
reverse & Flashing Red - points not detected.

I'm still unsure how the turnout at the far end of the loop is indicated at
this end, any Pt Augusta Drivers lurking out there??

Some further info is at:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/9412/tar_loop.html

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Mr Notagunzel.
Rail Transportation Connoisseur.
notagunzel@bigfoot.com
(Waiting for the next move at http://www.bigfoot.com/~notagunzel)