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

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Notagunzel wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> BC

I do not think that this is an exception.
If the signal is before that last set of points in the station, then it is a
Home Departure, not a Starter.
In this case, there is no Starter, as such.

John McCallum