Re: It's Academic

[G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert)]

Barry Campbell <barryC@qimr.edu.au> wrote:

>Ron BEST wrote:
>> 
>> At least after electrification of the main north, I would have thought
>> Fassifern - Toronto could have been run on the "one train in steam"
>> principle! (Was that ever an official system of safeworking anywhere?)

>In NSW it was a variation of Ordinary Train Staff and Ticket. It was
>called, logically, Ordinary Train Staff and used the rules appropriate
>to OTS&T but without the rules applicable to tickets.

One Train in Steam (OTS?) wasn't necessarily the same as Ordinary
Train Staff (OTS) everywhere.  In the U.K., for instance, other
systems might be imposed over One Train in Steam- most commonly Pilot
Working

Geoff Lambert




>Barry Campbell