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G'day,
Now having viewed the Heart Beat you tuber segment at home, I am prompted with another question.
HMMMM.
As soot belcher 90775 hurtles along, Rowan the copper sprints along on his motor bike to the station.
Up to the signal box he runs yelling at the pointcop to "pull down" the signals.
There is a run-away train approaching.
The pointcop reaches for the frame and pulls off a signal to CLEAR.
We indeed squiz this lower quad semaphore go to CLEAR.
Back on the footplate, the joker with Greengrass espies the signal at CLEAR and yells DANGER.
Danger the train must stop.
And he hurls out the anchors in a flurry of sparks to stop the soot belcher.
HMMMM.
Has somebody in the production team got the difference betwixt upper quad and lower quad semaphores wrong ?
YES, I am aware that interlocked signals remain at STOP until a train is accepted to approach.
Hence, having the signal displaying CLEAR to then be put back to STOP would be a stretch of the rules.
As this run-away train was not in accordance with the WTT.
But, at least would be more accurate for the purposes of the drama.
If however the intention was to not have the rampaging soot belcher go past a stick at stop, HMMMM.
Surely, rustling a puffer billy would incur a larger infringement than going past a stick at stop.
Sorry, but I tend to notice such anomalies.
Don't get me started with the Hollywood blockbuster Unstoppable.
Steve.
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