Re: Metrol & Heidelberg

["Christopher Sims" <simsch@rvib2.rvib.org.au>]

Tony Gatt <baulko@tig.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> Notagunzel wrote:
>
> > SW 1235/99 advises:
> >
> > On Thu 23/9/99 between 0800 & 1600 at Heidelburg the following will be
> > abolished: No. 3 Rd, No. 11 pts & Derail, No. 21 pts & Derail, Down
Dwarf 13 &
> > Up Dwarf 19.
> >
> > Dunno if it happened, & I believe the pts would have been spiked.
>
> Cutting off their noses again... won't be long before the only set of
points a
> train comes to is at FSS, SST or the terminus station they arrive at..
(remove all
> the "short terminating points, we don't need them..)
>
> When does it go over to Metrol? or are they putting a SCP in there..
>
> It would make sense for them to put a local Control Panel in that covered
> Heidelberg, Rosanna Junction, Macleod, Eltham, Diamond Creek and
Hurstbridge.
>
> These signalling areas are due to be upgraded / abolished in the future..
Why not
> control it all from one point.
>
> (As a signalling enthusiast, I can't believe I just said that...)
>
> > SW 1234/99 advises:
> >
> > From last train Sat 25/9/99 (actually early Sun morning) till 0100
Monday
> > 27/9/99 control of Metrol Computers A, B & C will be temporarily
transferred to
> > Level 5 Transport House.  In addition, the Train Controllers will
temporarily
> > transfer to Level 5, SEPAC phones being connected, but Signal Post
phones still
> > connected to Batman Ave.
>
> Glad the Train controllers are going as an addidtion.. would make it hard
to do
> their job.. :P
>
> > It also gives phone Nos. for drivers to contact the controllers @ Level
5, but
> > oddly it appears that the Caulfield Area Controller has a Flinders St
Phone
> > No.(5xxxx, 9610xxxx, whereas the others have Transport House Nos.
(1xxxx,
> > 9619xxxx).
> >
> > --
> > Mr Notagunzel.
> > Rail Transportation Connoisseur.
> > notagunzel@bigfoot.com
> > (Waiting for the next move at http://www.bigfoot.com/~notagunzel)
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Tony Gatt.
> http://homepages.tig.com.au/~baulko
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> In regard to what has bean written re abollish the short terminating
points. The problem with this is what happens when there is an accident at a
level crossing?  Where abouts do the trains terminate?  Cheers Christopher.