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

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

MattyQ wrote:

> MarkBau1 wrote in message <19990218000923.23269.00002847@ng116.aol.com>...
> ><<<<<<Where are these faster points, I remeber that in Hawthorn there were
> >points
> >just before the river when there was three lines to Camberwell and only two
>
> >over the river, ther were special high speed points and were very
> long.>>>>>>
> >
> >I believe all of the points on the loops between Ararat and Servi. are
> 65KPH.
> >Around Melbourne you've got them at Oakleigh, Deer Park West Junction, Box
> Hill
> >I think, there used to bo a couple between FSS and Richmond. Laverton and a
> few
> >other places on the Geelong line have them too. I'm sure a current driver
> will
> >complete the list.
>
> There are a set of high speed points west of Burnley that take you from the
> inner Up line

Up Burnley Through to the Up Burnley Local also at the down end of Burnley
trains never slow much  from the Centre line to the up BT or on the down Burnley
Through to the Centre line

> to the outer Up line (I don't know their proper road names).
> When a route is set through these points, you get a top green (no route
> indicator of any description). This is, of course, when I visited Burnley
> signal box some 5 years ago. It may have changed since then.
>
> Regards
>
> Matt Smith
> Brisbane, Queensland
> matticue@hotmail.com
>
> You can't slam a revolving door.