08-07-2017, 09:00 PM
(08-07-2017, 08:46 PM)Canard Wrote: I think I spotted another overheight detector (completed) and derailler on the Northern end of the Waterloo Spur. I have to admit, it had never occurred to me that there would be one up here, but I guess it makes sense that they'd need one!
I have to say this feels like overcaution to me. The track is a dead end: how could an overheight load get up there? Only by coming up through Waterloo. Nobody is going to accidentally load a large tank (say) from Chemtura on a Schnabel and bring it down through Waterloo. Still it’s cool to see the equipment going in. Do you have any idea how the detector actually works? I’m guessing it’s some sort of presence detector, rather than “an overheight load will destroy the gantry”.