Life on the Rails

[grumbler]

Great storytelling, Sav. It's rare to get such a treat on Languish.

[Norgy]

It has been installed.
The "On" switch was switched with some pomp in late November and on a 120 km stretch had already failed 16 times by the end of January causing more delays than any manual system has. 

We may have been: Hoodwinked.

[Savonarola]

It has been installed.
The "On" switch was switched with some pomp in late November and on a 120 km stretch had already failed 16 times by the end of January causing more delays than any manual system has. 

We may have been: Hoodwinked.

Great storytelling, Sav. It's rare to get such a treat on Languish.

Thank you, Grumbler

[Savonarola]

It has been installed.
The "On" switch was switched with some pomp in late November and on a 120 km stretch had already failed 16 times by the end of January causing more delays than any manual system has. 

We may have been: Hoodwinked.

Do you know what type of system you have?  (That is, is it ETCS Level 1 or Level 2?)

[mongers]

Sav, you might like the item about the largest UK railway signal box in this BBC programme:

the-architecture-the-railways-built

Watch from 30mins for 12 minutes. 

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

I don't know much about the Bronx, other than the part immediately around Yankee Stadium, but Pio Pio is great.  The one in Hell's Kitchen is in a much nicer area than the one you went to.

[Savonarola]

Sav, you might like the item about the largest UK railway signal box in this BBC programme:

the-architecture-the-railways-built

Watch from 30mins for 12 minutes. 

Video not available in the United States.   

[Savonarola]

I don't know much about the Bronx, other than the part immediately around Yankee Stadium, but Pio Pio is great.  The one in Hell's Kitchen is in a much nicer area than the one you went to.

I plan to stay near Yankee Stadium the next time I go to the Bronx; it's still pretty close to our job site (and start work for Amtrak is 7 AM so traffic won't be terrible.)

[mongers]

Sav, you might like the item about the largest UK railway signal box in this BBC programme:

the-architecture-the-railways-built

Watch from 30mins for 12 minutes. 

Video not available in the United States.   

 

VPN??

Maybe I could email / dropbox you the file, thou it's like to be about 100mb?


Edit:
I have found this UK Network Rail article about with plenty of photos and links:

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/the-architecture-the-railways-built-severn-bridge-junction/

[Savonarola]

VPN??

Maybe I could email / dropbox you the file, thou it's like to be about 100mb?


Edit:
I have found this UK Network Rail article about with plenty of photos and links:

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/the-architecture-the-railways-built-severn-bridge-junction/

Thanks, Mongers, that is impressive.  Why hasn't this one been replaced with an electro-mechanical system?

Union Station in Toronto (as I've written about in the past) also has a mechanical system, with hand thrown levers (though only dating from the 1920s.)  The reason that has never been replaced is that it's Toronto's only major rail station and all traffic passes through there; so any shut down is a major deal.  (Even testing in the station, which is only done between 2 AM and 6 AM is difficult to schedule.)  There is a plan to upgrade the system as part of the signaling project I had been working on when I was at Alstom, but (even by the standards of rail) that's a long way off.

[mongers]

Thanks, Mongers, that is impressive.  Why hasn't this one been replaced with an electro-mechanical system?

Union Station in Toronto (as I've written about in the past) also has a mechanical system, with hand thrown levers (though only dating from the 1920s.)  The reason that has never been replaced is that it's Toronto's only major rail station and all traffic passes through there; so any shut down is a major deal.  (Even testing in the station, which is only done between 2 AM and 6 AM is difficult to schedule.)  There is a plan to upgrade the system as part of the signaling project I had been working on when I was at Alstom, but (even by the standards of rail) that's a long way off.

Interesting challenges.

That mass of mechanical linkages on the 2nd level that prevents conflicting or dangerous signalling, something like logic array, is just crazy.

Maybe it's so complex to replicate electronically, that testing/implmenting a replacement can't be done in a narrow time window like those you and your company face in Toronto?

[Tonitrus]

VPN??

Maybe I could email / dropbox you the file, thou it's like to be about 100mb?


Edit:
I have found this UK Network Rail article about with plenty of photos and links:

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/the-architecture-the-railways-built-severn-bridge-junction/

Thanks, Mongers, that is impressive.  Why hasn't this one been replaced with an electro-mechanical system?

The same reason that the British monarchy hasn't been replaced with an electro-mechanical system. 

[Jacob]

The same reason that the British monarchy hasn't been replaced with an electro-mechanical system. 

Where are you getting your information from? Pretty sure it happened a while ago.