Re: Hornsby Derailment in Sun-Herald

[Rod Gayford <rjaygee@smatchat.net.au>]

I may stand corrected but are there any trips north of Hornsby? I understood trips
were only used in the original limits of metro electrification. Remember the
prototype K set that ran into the back of the freight at Berowra killing the driver
some years ago. It also ran a red light.

Cheers
Rod Gayford

Eben Levy wrote:

> Paul Hogan wrote:
>
> > Keith wrote in message <379312b7.0@pink.one.net.au>...
> > >I don't think suburban Sydney trains can run red signals without their
> > >brakes being tripped ?  But I stand to be corrected ...
> > >
> > Perhaps a better question to ask is why the signal controlling exit from the
> > Down loop doesn't actually have a trip?
> > But I didn't mean to say that...... :-)  The enquiry will reveal all. (if
> > the findings are made public)
>
> Well, if we want to get techinical about it, no signals have trips, they only
> have "train stops"the trip is the little arm on the bogie. No the question
> should be, "why is there access to a crossing loop with an unprotected signal at
> the end?"
>
> I know i am getting picky :-}
>
> But for sure we can blame RAC for not following the safety standards.