Re: Junee Triangle.

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

If we can include "street railways" here - the all-time record has to go to
the Sydney 2nd generation tramway system, which had a staff section covering
just the curve from Cleveland St east into crown street north - about 10
metres??!!!
Rgds
Ron BESDANSKY

Geoff Lambert <G.Lambert@unsw.edu.au> wrote in message
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> "Russell Norton" <russelln@primus.com.au> wrote:
>
> >>Thanks for this Bill, been one of those silly things thats been buggin
me
> >for
> >>years.
> >>I guess the staff is kept in Junee Nth Box.
> >>Wonder if there are any shorter OTS sections?
> >>
> >>cheers
> >>MD
> >>
> >The shortest Ordinary Train Staff section was probably Botany to Port
> >Botany, a single line distance of approx 150 metres (can't remember the
> >exact length). The staff is no longer used, it is all yard working now.
(Ah,
> >the wonders of common sense!)
>
> In Tasmania, there were Hobart - Hobart Junction (not sure of that
> second name) and Launceston - North East Junction (ditto).  These were
> really within the station yards and both were probably shorter than
> 150 metres.  In the case of Hobart, the section ran from the end of
> double-track, into the station yards, applying to all roads, of which
> there were about 6.  Thus it was probably not only the shortest, but
> also the only staff that applied to 6 different lines. There were no
> tickets.
>
> Geoff Lambert
>
>