198304 – Turner – Dry Creek Bogie Exchange

This paper offers and overview of the concept, facilities provided, exchange operation and special features of the Dry Creek Bogie Exchange and a more detailed description of the methods employed to progress rakes of wagons to and from the storage tracks and the bogie exchange building.

The main emphasis of the paper is on the interfacing of conventional route setting and route locking practices with a remotely controlled unmanned shunting unit.