Re: Enfield yard

[petan@NOSPAMion.com.au (PETer and susAN)]

Hi Gang,

I started this thread with my request. Thanks for your many replies and memories. 

Cheers
Peter Cokley
http://homepages.msn.com/PicnicPl/petan-oz

On 25 Aug 1999 09:06:59 +1000, craigd@lios.apana.org.au (C. Dewick) wrote:

>In <37be4b82.21511568@news.ion.com.au> petanREMOVE@ion.com.au (PETer and susAN) writes:
>
>>Hi folks,
>
>>the NSWGR [pre NR] Enfield yard was built on a grade. I think it was
>>to assist shunting. 
>
>>Anyone remember the grade and which direction it went, please?
>
>Not sure of the exact grade, but I think it was about 1:50. The grade went
>from the site of Enfield North Box to Enfield South Box. Note that I mean
>the second Enfield South box - the original was apparently further around
>the corner where the double track goods line and the engine roads came
>together at the start of the long straight down to the curve before Campsie.
>I don't know if and when the second South Box was built, but it must have
>either co-incided with a derailment that damaged the first one, or a yard
>upgrade.
>
>Anyway, I remember well the skills of the shunters there, since after
>Enfield was closed the handsignals used to communicate to different people
>down the yard as trains were sorted have all but ceased to exist. There were
>used a bit at Rozelle yard before it was ordered to shut down on the night
>shift because of noise complaints.
>
>It was a real pleasure watching these guys do all the artful work hardly
>ever using their radios. I only started to learn their handsignals when the
>yard closed in June 1992 for the *very* long hiatus before any rebuilding
>commenced, but being able to predict the moves saved me from a few nasty
>hits when a shunter forgot to set the road properly.. 8-)
>
>Fortunately runaways in the yard were few and far between, but they did
>happen. I only remember seeing the sirens and blue warning lighs activated a
>few times during my period at DELEC as a trainee.
>
>Regards,
>
>Craig.
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