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Post by GentlemanJim on Nov 3, 2014 15:38:18 GMT
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Post by railtechnician on Nov 4, 2014 21:49:48 GMT
Oh dear, assuming the signalling and crossing barrier are interlocked there would seem to be just two possibilities, a wrong side failure or a SPAD. It seems to be only luck that no injuries to humans occurred. I don't know if the signalling and crossing barrier are interlocked although I would expect them to be these days. I recall chatting with NR managers at the Lincolnshire Agricultural Show circa 2009/10 when they had their emergency response teams and equipment on show. I was assured at that time that every level crossing in Lincolnshire had been updated and interlocked following the county's level crossing incidents and resulting fatalities of the previous years. Certainly all the crossings in and around my locale were sporting new 'dropped in' relay rooms and associated equipment by then. Of course all the safety in the world will not entirely eliminate incidents and fatalities, two or three months ago a couple from a nearby village caused traffic chaos a couple of miles from here after calmly walking onto the track at a level crossing and waiting to be run over by an approaching train. |
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Post by Nortube on Nov 5, 2014 18:28:29 GMT
Somebody should tell the driver that it takes longer to brake when there are leaves on the track  Lucky that nobody was injured. The Lingwood "signal box" is shown here:
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a bit more information on the incident here, with photos:
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The area isn't a 'controlled' area in the sense that there are no points or signal box, and I get the impression that there's no signal either, although I assume that there must be some advance indication to the train driver travelling in either direction that the gates are shut.
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Post by railtechnician on Nov 5, 2014 20:55:20 GMT
Somebody should tell the driver that it takes longer to brake when there are leaves on the track Lucky that nobody was injured. The Lingwood "signal box" is shown here:
[ Click here ]
a bit more information on the incident here, with photos:
[ Click here ]
[ Click here ]
The area isn't a 'controlled' area in the sense that there are no points or signal box, and I get the impression that there's no signal either, although I assume that there must be some advance indication to the train driver travelling in either direction that the gates are shut. That 'signal box' is what I referred to as a 'drop in' relay room i.e. literally craned into position. Obviously in this case it is a drop in signal box. I thought manually controlled crossings were being discontinued in favour of automatic ones, it rather seems as though that is not the case and in this case it does appear that there may have been no interlocking of gates and signals. |
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