Re: Train Accident in Blue Mountains

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Tony Gatt wrote:

> David McLoughlin wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Imagine if the signals on that stretch had been fitted with train-stop
> > arms to stop any electric train going through a red signal!!!!
> >
> > No crash!!!!!
>
> Not really. The automatic trip can be reset by the driver, and then the train can continue. Trip arms
> are to stop you from passing a red signal without stopping. After the "stop", the train can continue on
> as if the trip never existed.
>
> All that "may" have happened in this case is not only did the driver of the IU have to stop and report
> the signal, he would have stopped a second time. This may have delayed, but not prevented the accident
> from occuring.

And then the reduced air pressure in the auxiliary reservoirs would have made the emergency brakes less
effective.


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