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| An interesting read 06/08/2010 at 02:39 #1568 | |
UKTrainMan
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I was using The Wayback Machine at Archive.org a few moments ago and during my journey in that beast of a machine I found this which certainly looks like quite an interesting read. Haven't read it fully yet but I certainly will be doing so over the course of the next few days. Just thought it might be interesting to share this with everyone else and I hope others will enjoy reading it as I am hoping to. Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| An interesting read 06/08/2010 at 02:39 #10501 | |
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UKTrainMan
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I was using The Wayback Machine at Archive.org a few moments ago and during my journey in that beast of a machine I found this which certainly looks like quite an interesting read. Haven't read it fully yet but I certainly will be doing so over the course of the next few days. Just thought it might be interesting to share this with everyone else and I hope others will enjoy reading it as I am hoping to. Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| An interesting read 06/08/2010 at 10:25 #10513 | |
GeoffM
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Thanks. Interesting for me as well, recalling various details. I can explain various Americanisms I've used if you're interested.
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| Re: An interesting read 15/08/2011 at 20:01 #19456 | |
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UKTrainMan
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" said:Thanks. Interesting for me as well, recalling various details. I can explain various Americanisms I've used if you're interested.I read it a few days after your post above but never got round to posting up my thoughts, etc. Really was quite an interesting read. The only questions I had after reading were; - What is a "slow order"? One assumes a slow freight (such as a Class 7) but I can't be sure. - What are these detector things? Have heard these 'go off' whilst listening to some streams on RailroadRadio.net before but not fully clear on what they are. Thanks in advance for response(s). Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| Re: An interesting read 15/08/2011 at 21:07 #19459 | |
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GeoffM
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" said:" said:Slow orders are temporary speed restrictions basically. I don't think any signage is used; just distances in miles and tenths of miles (for example, 12.1).Thanks. Interesting for me as well, recalling various details. I can explain various Americanisms I've used if you're interested.I read it a few days after your post above but never got round to posting up my thoughts, etc. Really was quite an interesting read. The only questions I had after reading were; Detectors are like the UK - hot box, WILD, out of gauge etc. On a particular section of railroad trains are assigned a channel (frequency) on which all trains and dispatcher talk along with the detectors. Some detectors announce as the front of the train passes. Some detectors only speak if there's a problem. If there's a problem then the axle number counting from the front is reported. Otherwise just the axle count and maybe the air temperature is reported. They're useful to know when a train is coming if you know a detector nearby. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |