Re: Sydney Interurban Trains

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Harland Sanders wrote:

> btw, Is is really a 'stop' button as several people have said.  I
> remember getting an interurban up the shore one weekend when someone set
> off the alarm.  I recall that it took a while for the driver to stop.
> Eventually the guard came wandering through the carriages looking
> puzzled.  Turned out some guys were having a punch up in the next
> carriage.

It merely rings the bell continuously.  I suppose it could be mistaken for the
all-right bell signal, as the Safeworking manual doesn't define just how long a
long bell is. :-)


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