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LowndesJ515 Chief Commissioner   Joined: Jan 17, 2004
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:14 am
Hi All,

some pics of all the changes at Tottenham Yard with the Holding Loop also. I'll try and dig up the old photos i took with the old signal gantry and post them at a later date.

 
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:25 am
You get a good view from the yardmasters bridge don't you.  
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:38 pm
Hmmm how do you get up there? It is a great spot to get photos. Do you have to work for PN or something?



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wolfpac Chief Commissioner   Joined: Apr 19, 2004
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:56 pm
Glad I got some photos of the old gantry while it was still up then!

Great photos, there, too! Very Happy

Wolfpac



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25-11-08, V/Locity set 1130 / 1106 @ Melton Hwy, Sydenham
24-11-08, Tottenham Gunzelling
21-11-08, Tottenham Gunzelling + Comengs Xing Anderson Rd, Sunshine + V/Locity @ Sydenham - Melton Hwy
14-11-08, A70, PH452, FSH24 cross VL20/VL30 @ Melton Station

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prometheus_au Train Controller   Joined: Oct 10, 2003
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:57 pm
wolfpac wrote:
Glad I got some photos of the old gantry while it was still up then!

Great photos, there, too! Very Happy

Wolfpac


Can someone clarify whether the new signals are using standard Victorian Railways signalling or something else. I've noticed large LED displays under each signal and wonder what they are for Rolling Eyes .



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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:00 pm
What's with the three signals on the gantry? is the track next to the old loop SG?



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wolfpac Chief Commissioner   Joined: Apr 19, 2004
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:23 pm
prometheus_au wrote:
Can someone clarify whether the new signals are using standard Victorian Railways signalling or something else. I've noticed large LED displays under each signal and wonder what they are for Rolling Eyes .


No idea, someone else will have to answer that for you.

Wolfpac



Secretary of the Melton Model Railway Club! -> http://www.meltonmrc.org.au

25-11-08, V/Locity set 1130 / 1106 @ Melton Hwy, Sydenham
24-11-08, Tottenham Gunzelling
21-11-08, Tottenham Gunzelling + Comengs Xing Anderson Rd, Sunshine + V/Locity @ Sydenham - Melton Hwy
14-11-08, A70, PH452, FSH24 cross VL20/VL30 @ Melton Station

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LowndesJ515 Chief Commissioner   Joined: Jan 17, 2004
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:24 am
The LED Displays are for Route indicators.

Y=Yard
M=Mainline
L=Local
IP=Independant Goods Line
B=Brooklyn

V=Victoria
S=Standard Gauge

i think thats all of them off the top of my head.  
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awsgc24 Minister for Railways   Joined: Feb 18, 2003
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:36 pm
LowndesJ515 wrote:
The LED Displays are for Route indicators.

Y=Yard
M=Mainline
L=Local
IP=Independant Goods Line
B=Brooklyn

V=Victoria
S=Standard Gauge

i think thats all of them off the top of my head.


While Route Indicators in Victoria are not exactly new, there seems to be a bit of a move away from pure speed signalling, to route signalling more like say NSW.
 
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:40 pm
LowndesJ515 wrote:

IP=Independant Goods Line

IG for Independent Goods line



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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:21 pm
This should take some of the mystery out of it. These pics were taken as part of a training package.
http://www.rodsrailpage.fotopic.net/c1565526.html  
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:32 pm
Can't say I've been there lately, but the positioning of this new signal looks like it may have ruined the view from the footbridge on the up of West Footscray, unless the angle is deceiving me.

http://www.rodsrailpage.fotopic.net/p52921557.html

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fast01 Chief Commissioner   Joined: Sep 01, 2004
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:49 pm
It has ruined it with a fairly big impact:


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thelastname Photo Overlord   Joined: Feb 10, 2006
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:48 am
You will now have to stand on the signal gantry. Shocked joke.

Do ARTC do signal diagrams the way V/Line and V/R use to do them. Are they still issued to drivers as updates like there use to be in the weekly notices.
 
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vlinecars V/Man - "Yeah!"   Joined: Feb 01, 2003
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:39 am
thelastname wrote:
Do ARTC do signal diagrams the way V/Line and V/R use to do them. Are they still issued to drivers as updates like there use to be in the weekly notices.


Yep; signal diagrams are still done the way V/Line and VR used to do them; and yes, they're still issued to drivers and other staff through weekly notices.

Here's the current West Footscray- Tottenham diagram (with new signals etc.) on Mark Bau's http://www.victorianrailways.net:-
http://www.victorianrailways.net/signaling/completedia/09-08.pdf



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