Re: Country(link?) - try walking instead

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

Maurie Daly wrote:

> One of the major problems with the Nth Coast line is the large number of very
> short crossing loops.
> Historically , before NRC days , most of the freights on the Nth Coast were
> short and could fit in most of the existing loops , but today with NRC trying
> to run 1500 M trains there are only a handful of loops long enuf to hold these
> trains.
> Between Maitland and Acacia Ridge we only have 13 crossing loops currently
> which can hold 1200 M - 1500 M trains out of a total of 53 crossing loops.
> The worst section is Kempsey to Grafton where we have only Eungai,Boambee and
> Kungala which can hold the long NRC trains.
> The major bind that a Controller is in is that if a short train like an XPT is
> running on time and a very long train is running late then by rights the XPT
> should be given the right of way.
> This means however that the freight must be put away in one of the very few
> long crossing loops that can hold it , and kept there until it can be given a
> run to the next long crossing loop.

Why???  The overlength freight could be held outside the crossing loop until the
XPT arrives and goes in clear, then the freight could pass on the main line.  The
XPT would only be delayed a couple of minutes.

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David Johnson
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