March 10, 2019 05:05PM
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Russo Loco Wrote:
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> jim pallow Wrote:
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. . . These trams are so funky
> they're cool.
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> WAY better looking than a GP-30, that's for sure!!
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I for one Russo, like the GP-30 very much, that cab roofline sure was better looking than the 35-line cabs. I also love the looks of the U-50(
B)
But I don't get my nose out of joint if others don't like it, each to their own.
> jim pallow Wrote:
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>New question: When we crossed the KCS RR at Joplin we had to see if a KCS train was within the circuit before we got clearance to swing the gate. Did the >tram driver have any way to determine if a train was in the circuit? These trams are so funky they're cool. smiling smiley JP
JP,
I don't know exactly since this was all gone before my time on NZR. The Signals and Interlocking Circulars (S&I) for Mamaku that I saw were up to date 1978, and no indication of what was there in the way of a Crossing.
Now this gets a little complicated, I would think since there is a Phonebox visible that the Train Control Operator would be asked for permission as the Switchlock Box would need to be "Released" from the Officer In Charge(OIC).
Where the Crossing was situated in relation to Mamaku Railway Station and the Crossing Loop there, i.e. was it inside Station Limits I don't know as I see only single track: If it was inside then the OIC would be the Traffic Operator at the Mamaku Station. This line didn't have CTC, nor Track Circuits unless the Mamaku Station Limits had Colour Light Signals, no track circuits with Semaphore Direction Signalling. Permission would also be dictated by whether Mamaku was a Permanent Station(24hr or Specified Times) or Switch-Out Station(manned at Timetabled Hours) being the Rotorua Branch was Tablet Operation. I'd think most likely the former.
The BushTram Driver would have got permission from the OIC, waited for the Release, and maybe a time delay to run down before he could set the Signal to Stop with the Lever which also operated the Trap-Points (Derail) on eitherside of the NZR Line. Ray Mathewson didn't shoot a "downline" shot of the Interlocking that I've seen so I can't tell if there were "Distant" Signals beyond what is definitely the Interlocking Home Signal.
This would all have been covered by Special Instructions in the Working Time Table and shown on S&I Circulars, of which I've never seen and really would like to have, now. Those really were the Good Old Days.
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