Re: Melton - Bacchus Marsh close revisited.

[David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>]

Wombat wrote:

> In article <7ii32m$1d2$1@mirv.unsw.edu.au>,
>   G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au (Geoff Lambert) wrote:
> > Chris Brownbill gave the number of trains using this section on 10
> > May.
> >

>
> >
> > Obviously (probably?) there must be balancing empty movements on the
> > Down, or do some trains run coupled on the Down?

Empty cars. The first 3 downs then a number after that are empty.>

> > In addition, comparison of the up and down tables shows 8 Up trains
> > departing Melton in the morning before any Down train arrives.  Unless
> > the trains are being stored on the Melton-Parwan section overnight,
> > there must be even more empty movements to put them there.

No trains are stored at Melton. All run empty out from Melbourne to form
ups.>

> > Does anybody have any "WTT" or "S" document showing these movements,
> > or don't such things exist anymore?

Have seen a control graph and it would not look out of place in the cyclone
fence archives. Rockbank gets a lot of crosses and there are some at Melton
as well.

David Langley.