Re: Peterbrough Station news Mon 6th Dec 1999.

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Les Brown wrote in message <384f5289.31086220@news.ocean.com.au>...
>Hunslet <hunslet@cia.com.au> wrote in aus.rail:
>
>>G'day.
>>The motorail vehicle is always marshalled in the lead westbound out of
>>Sydney, as it is the last vehicle to be attached to the train prior to
>>departure.   Similarly, on the eastbound journey to Sydney, it is able
>>to be detached immediately on arrival and placed in the unloading dock.
>>There is usually a good reason for every established method of
>>working.   I'm told that normally, locomotives are placed at the front
>>of the train so that the crew can see where they are going !!!
>>Hunslet..
>>
>So what do they do in Britain where trains are driven at night without
>headlights?
>
>Why would the crew need to see where they are going anyway? Can they
>swerve to avoid an obstruction? Can they stop to avoid hitting sheep
>or cattle across the rail? Signals are placed at the side of the track
>so there is no need to see signals from the absolute front of the
>train. The only advantage I can see is the chance to run toward the
>back of a carriage or loco before impact.
>
>The faster trains go, the less of a need to see where you are going
>anways.
>
>MY2CW

I think Hunslet was using irony there.

Dave