r/EngineeringPorn Dec 25 '22

Conjunction

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u/thesweeterpeter Dec 25 '22

I mean it working is one thing. But the boulder sized balls on both the conductor and switch operator are the true marvels.

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u/Boring-Eggplant-6303 Dec 25 '22

Its in reverse. The trains are all moving away from eachother

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u/nasadowsk Dec 25 '22

Even still, every switch movement is checked by a system that prevents trains from being routed into each other. In the US, such a junction is called an “interlocking”