Re: Minor Magical Mystery Tours on CityRail.

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

BJ wrote:

> Malcolm Purvis wrote ...
> >
> >Has anybody else wound up somewhere unusual due to controller error?
> >
> >--
> A mate used to be signalman at Spotswood years ago. One evening sent on an
> Up goods towards Melb but forgot to bell the next box that it was an
> electric loco. Yep, the panto ran out of catenary.....
>

Ok when did the Spotswood box have to bell on a train with a electric loco on
any different to any other loco hauled trains as they were all ways belled on
to either Newport A or Yarraville as goods or pass. It was always left to the
train controller to advise what ever signalbox of the type of loco.

> D'oh!!!!!