Re: Reopened stations

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

Ray McDermott <raymcd@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
Z9GI3.1035$lE.9099@ozemail.com.au">news:Z9GI3.1035$lE.9099@ozemail.com.au...
>
>
> --
> Ray McDermott   raymcd@ozemail.com.au
> John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au> wrote in message
> 7tDxN5+4L9YGfq1bQ4BooTPCJpXH@4ax.com">news:7tDxN5+4L9YGfq1bQ4BooTPCJpXH@4ax.com...
>
>
> > >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
>
Moama probably!!!!

Bob.