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Maybe if drivers made use of the high speed turnouts into NCIG 40KM/h instead of dawdling 10K/h we could save 28 million?
Looks like they want the up branch to fly over the NCIG arrival so they can get them straight into NCIG without delay, Mayfield west is just on the other side of the river of this already dust pit, 28 million is a lot to spend on a 7 minute delay.
Maybe if drivers made use of the high speed turnouts into NCIG 40KM/h instead of dawdling 10K/h we could save 28 million?
I was talking to someone "in the know" a few days ago and I was told the cost of the fly-over is $128M and we should see work starting soon.
The project is not so much about getting trains into NCIG quicker, it is about allowing a better run for all trains arriving and departing on the island.
Looks like they want the up branch to fly over the NCIG arrival so they can get them straight into NCIG without delay, Mayfield west is just on the other side of the river of this already dust pit, 28 million is a lot to spend on a 7 minute delay.The signals from a certain point all shunt signals, which do NOT detect the absence of trains in the section ahead, not even the "Lever Stick" or "A" track.
Maybe if drivers made use of the high speed turnouts into NCIG 40KM/h instead of dawdling 10K/h we could save 28 million?
Ignorance is never bound up in short areas. Some years back when I was still on the job, & was travelling home pass to WCK from BMD on the XPT, I was sitting behind a couple of old biddies who would complain bitterly amongst each other over several areas where the train was going slow, & constantly pointed out to each other "those lazy railway workers" who were standing on the side of the line & doing nothing, "why dont they do something about the slow speed & fix things instead of just standing there" was the reply from the other.
In frustration I leaned over & said to them, Have you ever considered that lazy workers are doing some about fixing the track, also if they were not standing beside the line, they would be under the train.
Never heard squeek from them again.
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