Re: derailment and train management

[Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au>]

The frogs were in when the points were relocated, but they seem to have been
removed during a shutdown earlier this year. The Up Siding seems complete and
I think they just completed the point rodding & levers in the last few weeks.

But RAC or CityRail don't seem to be in a hurry to commission them.

Jon Lau

Jonathan Boles wrote:

> The St Leonards Crossover is *not* available at the moment, whether it
> would be used or not: Although the rails have beenlaid etc. the frogs on
> the points *have not* been put in yet, and the crossover is not linked to
> the levers yet.
>
> Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
> <<<snip>>>
> > The St. Leonard crossover still has not been commissioned (after about a
> year).
> > It's wired for electric traction, but is manually operated, so turning
> back of
> > trains would be a lot harder and it would require staff with safeworking
> > knowledge to operate it.