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As traffic increased the number of crossing loops increased. To handle longer trains, crossing loops were lengthened so that in 2008 they were all at least 1,800 m (5,900 ft) long and spaced about 30 km (19 mi) to 60 km (37 mi) apart. [24] Most crossing loops are unattended and train crew operate the turnouts as required. Crossing loops have ...
Cook is a railway station and crossing loop located in the Australian state of South Australia on the Trans-Australian Railway.It is 824 kilometres (512 miles) by rail from Port Augusta, 863 kilometres (536 miles) by rail from Kalgoorlie, and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of the Eyre Highway via an unsealed road.
The location has a crossing loop 1638 m (1791 yds) long on the south side of the double mainline from Crystal Brook. [15]: 66, 69 A further 2.25 km (1.4 mi) west is a triangle junction where the double track ends and from which single tracks go west to Port Pirie Yard and north to Port Augusta. [15]: 67–68
The Zanthus train collision occurred at a crossing loop on the Trans-Australian Railway between Perth and Sydney on 18 August 1999. It is located 739 km (459 mi) east northeast of Perth and 202 km (126 mi) east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, on the Nullarbor Plain. Zanthus accident - showing 'Indian Pacific' passenger train and derailed ...
In 1975, large amounts of rain had inundated inland Western Australia from the remnants of Cyclone Trixie. A large washaway close to Zanthus had resulted in the closure of the line. A new bridge was constructed as part of the repairs in just two weeks. [6] Zanthus has a crossing loop on the line.
A wooden station building at Woocalla. Its design was common to almost 50 buildings placed at localities along the Trans-Australian Railway. When the Trans-Australian Railway was completed in 1917 from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta, about 50 settlements of various sizes were established along the line, from which maintenance workers kept the track in operational condition.
A gap remained between Trida and Menindee after an isolated 1435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge standard-gauge line was opened from Menindee to the town of Broken Hill in 1919. At Broken Hill, the railway met the 1067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) narrow-gauge Silverton Tramway at a break-of-gauge .
Most crossing loops are not regarded as double-track even though they consist of multiple tracks. If the crossing loop is long enough to hold several trains, and to allow opposing trains to cross without slowing down or stopping, then that may be regarded as double-track. A more modern British term for such a layout is an extended loop.