On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:24:04 +0000
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On 20.12.17 22:44, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
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What about in the reverse direction? You want the pan to come up while
in the transition area.
Nope, got to set the mode switch and manually raise them. Pans will also
not go up if any part of the train is on contact with the 3rd rail.
So what do you do at the equivalent of Drayton Park, where the train
comes to a stop on the 3rd rail but needs to start on the overhead
because the third rail ends 5 metres beyond the front of the stopped
train?
I was speaking about M-2s, and not about 313s. I assumed, in the latter
case, that there is a mode switch.
So you mean they won't go up automatically, not won't go up at all? Because
if they won't go up at all when on 3rd rail you've got a problem, unless over
there they have to coast off the 3rd rail then hope the pan works because if
not then that'll be the whole line blocked with a dead train.