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

["Ron BEST" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

At Chatswood (North Shore line, NSW) the down starter is before the main
lines crossover and has a plate with the following wording (or something
like it):

Drivers when directed to pass this signal at stop must bring their train to
a stand well clear of Chatswood crossover and must not proceed unless
satisfied that it is safe to do so". (The crossover is about 20 metres from
the signal and very clearly visible from a train standing at the signal.)

Rgds

Ron BEST

Notagunzel wrote in message <4DJz2.106$qO1.728@nswpull.telstra.net>...
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>Krel wrote in message <36cf5891.5214671@news.netconnect.com.au>...
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>>In Vic they are all Homes except the signal that governs the entrance
>>to a Double Line Block (NSW - block telegraph) section. this signal is
>>called a starter as it is placed after all points and crossings. As a
>>rule the first signal at a station is called the Home Arrival and the
>>last is called the Home Departure.
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>Ahhh.. There is always an exception to the rule.  At Castlemaine, the
>Starting signal is before the crossovers at each end, and the Up Starter at
>Sunbury is before the Facing Crossover.  In both these cases, modern
traffic
>patterns means there is no need for seperate Starting signals.
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>BC
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