Re: Electric Staff in Victoria

["Tony Gatt" <baulko@tig.com.au>]

----- Original Message -----
From: David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Sent: Friday, 07 May, 1999 20:00 PM
Subject: Re: Electric Staff in Victoria


> Tony Gatt wrote:
>
> > >
> > > What other states used what VR termed automatic electric staff, and
> > > where else was it in use in Victoria?
> >
> > Sulky Loop was unnattended, with Ballarat "C" (Macarthur St) on the
other
> > side.
> >
> > A rather unusual arrangement, where the signaller at "C" box could
release
> > his own staff as well as the staff for Sulky Loop.
>
> Sounds a little double dutch to me, please explain.

it was a very confusing situation, where the signalman at "C" box had a
button on the wall which acted as the "signalman at Sulky Loop". When he
pressed the button, and it made all its associated checks to see if the
staff could be released, and then released the staff at "C" box to be given
to the train. The crews would work the staff into the machine at the other
end. When a train required a staff at Sulky, the crews would operate the
staff machine and "C" box would release the staff for them at the Loop.

If this is not the way that it happened, and someone actually worked thru
this, then please explain it to me, as this is how it worked to the best of
my knowledge.
>
> David Langley.
>
> >
> >
> > Not 100% sure of the arrangements, as it was only explained to me, I
never
> > actually saw it in use..
> >
>


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Thanks, Tony.
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