Re: Ringwood

[jyfx@optusnet.com.au (Johann Fan)]

In article <3770AAAA.8AB7BA77@ancc.com.au>, del@ancc.com.au says...
> Notagunzel wrote:
> 
> > Methinks it was after the prang at Broadmeadows, where a
> > spark in the Down platform departed past a Mechanical Home
> > at Stop, the reason it was at stop was because the road had
> > been set for n Up Sprinter to preceded the Spark.  Therefore
> > the Crossover at the Up end was normal, and the Spark
> > proceeded to motor Up the DOWN line, where it 'found' the
> > next Down waiting at the (I think) last auto.  Being a
> > Mechanical Signal, there was no working Train Stop (as was
> > 'normal'), but there was a fixed train stop for up trains
> > just on the up side of the crossover.  BUT it had
> > disappeared. And nobody noticed.  After that, some/most/all
> > fixed train stops were actually replaced with non-working
> > power trips, just so they could be electrically detected as
> > intact.  And that Up Home off No. 2 Platform is now a boring
> > 3 position colour light complete with Train Stop. :o(
> 
> How right you are. Darling was done because of this but Broady was
> first.
[snip]

There's still a chunk of metal at the city end of Burnley on the through 
line where they placed the "Limit of Shunt" sign