Re: Reopened stations

["Ray McDermott" <raymcd@ozemail.com.au>]

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Ray McDermott   raymcd@ozemail.com.au
John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au> wrote in message
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> >Was the title of this work by any chance a reference to the
> >"somersault" type mechanical signals as used on the former GNR in the
> >U.K.?
> >
> >I have a vague recollection of having seen something that looked very
> >much like one of these in an old film (late 40s) shot just outside
> >Flinders Street Station, and remember being surprised at the time as I
> >didn't know that they had been used anywhere else.
>
> Yes, the same type of signal arm.  Used in Vic, WA, in SA on the
> Commonwealth Railways (IIRC) and in other states (I think) in small
> quantities, or in earlier times.
>
> Also used in New Zealand.
>
I have a vague recollection of seeing somersaults somewhere in NSW many
years ago.  Toronto branch maybe ?

Ray