Re: More from the Terrorgraph

["Ross \(Goldie\) Goldspink" <goldicom@powerup.com.au>]

How short does a short circuit have to be to activate the track detection?

Or to put it another way, regardless of profile, how much resistance is
there between rail and wheel with about ten tonnes (or more) on each wheel?

Goldie


"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote in message
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> glillic@msn.com.au wrote in message ...
>
> >Yes it happened.
> >
> >It appears that wheel profiles being cut at Spotswood on NRs are not
> correct
> >for NSW standards. There is insufficient contact to short the signalling
> >circuits.
> >
> >NRs running light engine must now proceed under BLOCK WORKING. I have
seen
> >an additional instruction that ALL locos running light must be under
block
> >conditions. This should tie up most of the system!!!
> >
> >Talk about knee-jerk reaction.
>
> What do you expect when a politician sticks their nose in the day of a
> derailment, and less than 3 weeks after a fatl collision and two
> misroutings?
>
> Dave
>
>