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Re: 10028 Level Crossing Sneak Peek!
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Sat, 31 May 2003 16:18:45 GMT
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Hi folks
"Saskia van Doesburg" <info@doesdigitals.nl> wrote in message
news:HFqtpI.21JK@lugnet.com...
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> "Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> schreef in bericht
> news:HFpz4u.Dzy@lugnet.com...
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> > Almost every crossing TLC has sold during the
> > last ten years or so seems to include a tower of some sort. Maybe that • is
> a
> > commonplace thing in Europe or elsewhere? Here in New England, I don't • think I
> > have ever seen such a tower at regular crossings. Maybe at drawbridges, • but
> > crossings are usually automated (if signalized at all). • [snip]
> > -Hendo (who hasn't looked at his Trains in over a year...)
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> Well, I live in Europe (The Netherlands) and I've never seen a tower of • any
> kind next to a railroad crossing :-)
Here in the UK crossings like this are a fairly common site in less urban
areas (small towns and villages), but are generally speaking old-fashioned
and are gradually being replaced by automated signals. For example, this
article points out just how dated this technology is :
http://www.chartist.demon.co.uk/rdsw/prnw2.htm
They are also pretty common in other countries, I understand. This website
has lots of pictures of crossings that look quite similar to the new Lego
one, in the UK and elsewhere (a couple of examples listed):
http://www.signalbox.org/overseas/australia/bacchus.htm
http://www.signalbox.org/gallery/br-e.htm
Myself .. I will probably buy one... but, only after I've got an AT-AT :-)
Colin
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| (...) now automated - Bacchus Marsh also has a small interlocking which is the reason they retain a signal box. Also Kooyong (URL) has one, but that is because there's a tram line crossing there too, as is the case with Gardiner (sorry no link). (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> schreef in bericht news:HFpz4u.Dzy@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) a (...) think I (...) but (...) [snip] (...) Well, I live in Europe (The Netherlands) and I've never seen a tower of any kind next to a (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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