Re: Ringwood 19/5

[cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON)]

It happens all the time at Ringwood.
When a set of points fail now it effects two as usually they are in
pairs, where as the old way it only effected one.

What the signalman will try to do is keep the trains moving, like
if the points fail to the sidings just send the trains on and keep
things going, but eventually they need to wind the points be hand.

The probelm is that the points lever (hand winding thing) is on the
old panel and has a key attached.  When the key is removed everything
is lost, all points all signals.  Then it is winding points until the
fitters fix them and giving every train a veribal caution order.

Thats why the signalman waht as long as they can before removing the
hand point lever.  Most times the fitter will get there it time.
Most problems can be worked around.


: Does anyone know the full story of what happened at Ringwood on
: Wednesday
: night?  The 7:19 fss to Lilydale "super express" made several stops
: between Nunawagging & Mitcham, was stuck at Mitcham for well over 5
: mins, then took another 25 mins to reach Ringwood (stopping every 50
: feet or so between Mitcham & Heatherdale, and half a dozen or so stops
: between Heatherdale & Ringwood).  The driver announced over the p.a.
: system something about a points failure at which affected ALL movements
: through Ringwood.

: So much for the recent trackwork/points/signalling "upgrades"......


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Chris Gordon
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord