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Fernleigh Loop 1950
Photo Ref: 21153
Creator: Andrews, Mr Brian Robert
Train speed through the loop was not to exceed 6 kilometres per hour. Operational instructions stated that, “When arriving at any loop, the train’s guard must apply the brake-van brake and sufficient vehicle hand brakes. If proceeding to Adamstown, train must be brought to a halt so that hand brakes can be pinned down preparatory to descending the 1 in40 grade to Adamstown.” This arduous and potentially dangerous task had to be performed day and night irrespective of weather conditions. At least one fatality is known to have occurred here to a guard performing his duty. The Fernleigh down loop was lifted in the period 1960-1965. The up loop is now the path of the Fernleigh Track. Fernleigh Loop Signal Box was cut out from November 1979. Despite the termination of the rail “Fernleigh Loop”, the name lives on in the name of a street of a nearby housing estate developed in the early 1980s. Diagram drawn by Brian Robert Andrews.From “Adamstown via Fernleigh”
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