Re: Electric Staff in Victoria

[jdennis@acslink.net.au (John Dennis)]

>Another intesting point is that Vic seems to have less qualms about
>swinging the staff. In normal operation this almost never ocurred in
>NSW but in Vic things are different. At Frankston the "Motor" hangs on
>to the staff and does not give it up to Frankston box after each trip
>unless it is requested to enable another train to run. 

One of the rules which I do recall about automatic electric staff in
Victoria was that there was no requirement to sink the staff when
crossing trains - the loco crew (?) could simply exchange staffs.  I
guess this would then extend so that in auto territory there is no
need to insert the staff in the instrument unless there was a real
need.

AFAIK in attended electric staff operation staffs had to be placed
back into the machines even when trains crossed.

Cheers...JD
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