"Richard Wardle" <ricdeb@mpx.com.au> wrote: > If there was a signal failure I would guess that the crew of the IP would > start their train in the manner that I have stated. So what? The press reports say the IP locos had just started to move, so there would have been a little slack at the front of the train only, the rest would still have been bunched on the grade. Cheers, Bill