Re: British accident track layout

["James" <outrun@mpx.com.au>]

Geoff,

put in a request to your ISP to get access to that News Group.

James

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Geoff Lambert <G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au> wrote in message
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> Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au> wrote:
>
> >The layout, as supplied to an international signalling mailing list by a
> >very reliable source, is complicated, but the RELEVANT parts of it are
> >thus:
>
> etc...
>
> Hello Eddie
>
> I have a couple of questions.
>
> I still can't fathom how the Down train managed to cross the path of
> the Up.  Even if it passed the signals at points (normal)  "A" at
> danger and kept going to the points at "D", how could those points
> divert it across the Up Main unless they were set reverse.  And, if
> they were set reverse, how could the Up Main be signalled for a
> movement?  Am I missing something?  One of the newspapers this morning
> suggests that the points in question were NOT (or should not have
> been) set for the crossover move and then says "but... the weight of
> the Thames train pushed it through the points and into the path of the
> express."  What can this mean, if "D" was also set normal?
>
> Is the signalling mailing list you refer to a private subscription
> one? can I find out about it and become a subscriber?
>
> Several people have referred to the newsgroup "uk.railway", but
> neither of the news servers I use have this listed, how does one
> access a newsgroup not listed by one's service provider?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Geoff Lambert
>
>