V/Line Train runs out of fuel

[Mr Fixit]

Sounds like the Union Pacific for the first 6 months after the S.P. takeover. Their sidings were full of trains to the point of almost shutting down the entire railroad. When they put a train on a siding to wait for space at the destination, they left the locos idling because they are so hard to start from cold. Unfortunately they took so long to long to get space cleared for the trains, that crews would be sent out to pick up the trains and find the locomotives had run out of fuel and shut down!

Nett result, even greater difficulties in re-fuelling the locos and greater delays. I am assuming that the modern locos are equipped with shut-down capabilities that prevent the starvation of the fuel lines of diesal fuel which would require the bleeding of the fuel lines prior to restarting once refuelling has been completed. I am also assuming that the sidings were located in places where refuelling trucks could have safe access to the locos.

Why do I suspect that I have assumed waaaay to much and that Murphy and his Law as well as human nature and SNAFU factors will upset this apple cart.

Mark