Re: Sydney Interurban Trains

["Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Jonathan Boles wrote:
>
> > Speaking of bell signals, a single <ding> is all-right, so what is
> > <ding><ding>???
> > it can be heard being rung several times in a row, whether the train was
in
> > motion or not. What does this mean??? is it something about the guard
> > having to leave the train or anything???
>
> Two long bells is one of the crew members leaving the train.
>
And all bell signals have to be acknowledged by being repeated, except "all
right" (one short ring). Or, at least, that was the rule.

Rgds

Ron BESDANSKY