http://www.yrtk.org/2005/railway-signals-passed-at-danger-monthly-reports/ A guide to the Freedom of Information Act & other access laws Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:01:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.yrtk.org/2005/railway-signals-passed-at-danger-monthly-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Russell M. Wallace Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:56:31 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/?p=79#comment-449 To Whom It May Concern, As an ex. Locomotive Driver(11 years)and railway administrator I'm very interested in this aspect of rail operation. In my opinion SPAD is a area that needs much more attention. During my years as a driver doing a SPAD was by far the worst thing you could do, by far. During my time I passed two home sticks at danger by just a bogie length. No points or were split or run through, thank goodness. The Signalman always wanted to tell "Control" I had done a SPAD. My SPAD were the result of pure misjudgement of the brake, dispite me carrying out a running test on c/over etc. Long night shifts made me wonder sometimes about previous aspects. I've said to my fireman, "what was the last aspect we saw" particularly if the next stick was RED. Thank you, Russell Wallace. To Whom It May Concern,
As an ex. Locomotive Driver(11 years)and railway administrator I’m very interested in this
aspect of rail operation. In my opinion SPAD is a area that needs much more attention. During my years as a driver
doing a SPAD was by far the worst thing you could do, by far. During my time I passed two home sticks at danger by
just a bogie length. No points or were split or run through, thank goodness. The Signalman always wanted to tell
“Control” I had done a SPAD. My SPAD were the result of pure misjudgement of the brake, dispite me carrying out a
running test on c/over etc. Long night shifts made me wonder sometimes about previous aspects. I’ve said to my
fireman, “what was the last aspect we saw” particularly if the next stick was RED.
Thank you,
Russell Wallace.

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