Re: "lost" trains

["John Hudson" <trammie@bigpond.com>]

I don't want to take sides here but there have been times when trams which
run on 600 Volts DC - OK, you knew that - have become "alive" and unable to
move due to sand on the rails.
Seasons Greetings to all..
--
John Hudson
Brisbane, Australia

"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
3863794B.809C42F@ozemail.com.au">news:3863794B.809C42F@ozemail.com.au...
> nobody wrote:
>
> > Okay so sand has insulated 110 ton locos, but were they pulling a train?
>
> Yes.  At Chullora, a 44 class with 6 cars was isolated from the track
circuit.
> At the Royal National Park, a 44 class with a short goods train also
dropped
> off.
>
> > 3801 is 201 tons and was pulling a train of about 300 tons (i think!). I
> > find it hard to believe an entire train could be insulated from the
signal
> > by sand-
>
> Hard to believe, but nonetheless still possible.
>
> > you would expect it to be crushed to an insignificant size or fall
> > off the rails after the first few cars.
>
> It was about 1 mm thick at the accident site.  Photos of the bogies of the
BV
> show the wheel treads were white with sand - at the back of the train!
>
>
>
> --
> David Johnson
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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