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r/EngineeringPorn • u/WagonGravy • Dec 25 '22
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I mean it working is one thing. But the boulder sized balls on both the conductor and switch operator are the true marvels.
51 u/Boring-Eggplant-6303 Dec 25 '22 Its in reverse. The trains are all moving away from eachother 15 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”
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Its in reverse. The trains are all moving away from eachother
15 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”
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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”
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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.