Re: Upfield to Somerton

["Rod" <comtran@mpx.com.au>]

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> - If so, what is the safeworking?
> - Would it be possible to run a train from Spencer Street to Seymour via
> Upfield without a lot of trouble (i.e.. works on the BG goods line at
> Tullamarine, disruption on the Broadmeadows line. Could you take the
> Albury and Shepparton Stuff via Upfield)?
Trains used to run through here, and a large electric Staff was issued as
authority to enter the section Upfield to Sommerton. A staff instrument was
in the Station Masters office at Upfield, another in the Ford Siding and a
third at Sommerton Signal Box.
I am not sure how they worked, I guess the Ford Siding, would have been an
intermediate instrument, Another recent posting suggests Ford Siding is now
Station Limits to Sommerton. This would explain the permanent baulk accross
the track near Upfield Station. So the answer is that it is no longer
allowable to run trains between Sommerton and Upfield, and vice-versa. This
could be reversed in the future as the rail is still in place. The
instruments, may not be, so it might be necessary, to develop an alternative
safe-working system in order to run regular services .
Rod ;o)