Re: Big train wreck in England!

[Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>]

Yuri J Sos wrote:

> 
> The graphic "reconstruction" on the Today show (CNN feed) showed the
> Thames train that allegedly ran the red swinging across into the path
> of the HST.
> 
> I thought interlocking would not set points to enable a conflicting
> path to be set up* (Notaguzel, DEL.... advice please?), ie the points
> beyond the red should not have been set to reverse:  if they'd been
> set to normal,  the SPAD wouldn't have had such dire consequences.

Much of the current information suggests that there were no points to be
set, i.e. there was a direct run from the relief line without even any
catchpoints. However in the face of so much conflicting reporting, it
would be safer to wait for more definitive advice.

Eddie Oliver