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1) The train does not have to wait for the track to be cleared to advance over the circuit, it just loses the signal indication to proceed.
2) More importantly, a unexpected signal indication change from green to red can have potentially serious repercussions. It can force a train to go into emergency braking, something that you want to avoid with two mile long freight trains doing 60 MPH.
3) A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and Daniel Johnson has very little knowledge of railway operations if he is advising this kind of vandalism.
Indeed, it sounds to me like he’s proposing something incredibly dangerous. Let’s hope the Green’s do the right thing and publicly denounce what he’s been promoting. I’ve written to Elizabeth May already, still waiting for a reaction…
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1) The train does not have to wait for the track to be cleared to advance over the circuit, it just loses the signal indication to proceed.
2) More importantly, a unexpected signal indication change from green to red can have potentially serious repercussions. It can force a train to go into emergency braking, something that you want to avoid with two mile long freight trains doing 60 MPH.
3) A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and Daniel Johnson has very little knowledge of railway operations if he is advising this kind of vandalism.
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Indeed, it sounds to me like he’s proposing something incredibly dangerous. Let’s hope the Green’s do the right thing and publicly denounce what he’s been promoting. I’ve written to Elizabeth May already, still waiting for a reaction…