Re: Crossing loop design (r.e. Southern Aurora crash)

[Tony Gatt <baulko@tig.com.au>]

We can only hope they will simplify things...

either that, or everybody gets together, and formats (1) signalling system that is
standard.

(I can only live in hope)


MarkBau1 wrote:

> The whole mess could be resolved by simply going back to the way Vic 3 pos.
> signals were supposed to work in the first place.
>
> Top light for the straight road, bottom light for the divering road.
>  So, at our Western line CTC loops we'd simply get a Y/G at the last auto
> before the loop, (have to make sure it was far enough away from the loop) and a
> R/Y on the home arrival.
>
> If on the straight you'd get a Y/R on the auto and another Y/R on the home
> arrival. (In most cases it would not do to go from G/R on the auto to a top
> yellow on the arrival due to braking distances.
>
> Hopefully down the road if a US outfit gets V/Line they will convert to
> standard US signalling practice which is what the VR system was supposed to be
> in the first place.
>
> Mark.
>
> Visit my train pic website at:
> http://home.earthlink.net/~markbau/

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Thanks, Tony.

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