Re: "lost" trains

["Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au>]

RNS wrote in message <2sko6sghnn6hsi1jldmplv0kv3fvo8j1t2@4ax.com>...
>
>This means that the same thing was happening that day as the day of
>the Cowan bank accident, except on the down instead of the up!
>Whilst the signal failures being experienced on Cowan Bank may not
>have been the only reason for the accident, it was certainly a major
>contributing factor.
>Once again, if caution by the following interurban driver had been
>excercised the accident either would not have happened, or it would
>have been considerablly less serious.

But why should he have been exercising caution? My understanding is that he
received green signals. The signalling was definitely the cause (notice I
did not say "at fault") but if every driver constantly exercised caution
when receiving green signals, the system would grind to a halt.

Dave