Re: "lost" trains

[L & D <daisyw@ozemail.com.au>]

Notagunzel wrote:

> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> 38621202.B85D5466@ozemail.com.au">news:38621202.B85D5466@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.
>
> Could someone please explain what sort of track circuit was involved at
> Cowan?
>
> I think the only real solution to NSW's problems is for all trains to
> proceed at a speed not exceeding a brisk walking pace, & to be preceded by a
> policeman with a red flag. |-)

and a bell

Davo

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