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  1. andrewtoplis replied to the thread Electronics.

    There is an existing design for ETCS equipment, we just need to work out how to fit that! It gives far more info than basic signalling including the gradient of the road ahead, upcoming speed changes, the current speed and the current max speed....

    Apr 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM

  2. andrewtoplis replied to the thread Electronics.

    I did read somewhere online of a steam loco that has been fitted with a deadman's pedal type device which applied the brakes and used a servo to close the regulator, presumably something similar could be done. As you say though the brakes would...

    Apr 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM

  3. andrewtoplis replied to the thread Electronics.

    This is old news, in that ETCS has become the future standard for mainline railway signalling in the UK. It is already on the Cambrian (in an early form) and the Thameslink core and will soon be on the southern end of the ECML and before too many...

    Apr 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM

  4. andrewtoplis replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    If Marty McFly got in the Delorean today, he wouldn't go as far back as that picture...

    Apr 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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