Re: Big train wreck in England! - 70 Dead?

[RNS <steam3801@hotmail.com>]

The chances are that the three car train would have continued in a
straight line and remained upright if derailed with catch point at
this point. The worst that could have happened would have been much
less serious than what did happen.

The Hornsby derailment is a good example as the train ended up more or
less upright, in the dirt, alongside the running line that it would
have gone onto if the catch points had not existed.

Can billbolton or anyone else provide evidence of anywhere in NSW
where a track layout the same as where the London accident occured
exists?








On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 18:02:08 +1000,
billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton) wrote:

>RNS <steam3801@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> travelling then there should have been a set of catch points just
>> beyond the signal which was apparently passed at danger.
>
>Catch points are only viable if there is somewhere safe to divert a
>"runaway" train to such that will not obstruct other running lines.
>In this case there are running lines immediately either side of the
>track in question so there was no where safe to divert a "runaway"
>train to.
>
>> This would certainly have been the case in Sydney, the Hornsby
>> derailment of some months ago being a perfect example!
>
>No, its not a relevant example at all.
>
>> I am no safeworking expert
>
>That's obvious.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bill
>