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Re: "lost" trains

Subject: Re: "lost" trains
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 23:13:54 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <keithm.48.38614947@commslab.gov.au> <386157e2@pink.one.net.au> <386185A6.EEC4C0F@ozemail.com.au> <AXm84.1373$oJ5.3419@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> <38620F35.541EA4D7@the.coal.face.net>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Roy the Boy wrote:

> Sand on the rail had absolutely nothing to do with the accident between 3801
> and an intercity. A 200 tonne loco does NOT  loose contact with the rails.
> The findings of the investigation were a white wash. Any admission of signal
> problems would have opened the SRA to huge legal liabilities.

You do not know what you are talking about.  Sand has been proven to insulate
trains from the track circuits, including 110 tonne locomotives.  Yes, sand was
the reason that 3801 was isolated from the track circuits.

--
David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

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