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Re: Model of MATRA VAL System
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Mon, 6 Mar 2000 20:55:00 GMT
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Dean Husby wrote in message <38C3182A.3A1FFE59@akasa.bc.ca>...
> > This sounds weird - but can you tell me about the doors? When they close, • do
> > they close uniformly? Or like, do they close FAST then decelerate as they
> > meet? I'm obsessed with door closing routines. Is there a chime? Or a
> > flashing light, or warning or anything to tell when the doors are • closing? I
> > *DIED* on the Walt Disney Monorail (MK VI by Bombardier) in 1994 when I
> > heard the two-tone chime before the doors close. I can hear it in my head
> > right now.
> You'd love the SkyTrain here in Vancouver, BC Canada.
Same basic system exists in Toronto on the SRT, so I've got a local version
I can relate to (^;
> It's completely computer controlled. No staff. It's doors chime when they • are
> about to close and if you hold them open it starts chiming more and more • until
> it buzzes. heh heh.
VERY nice! What sort of chime is it? The TTC has a *nice* three-tone one.
BTW both the SRT and SkyTrain use linear induction motors for propulsion. No
moving parts!
Iain
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| (...) Ya, save for the driver on the RT. I've been in the cab in fact, the day that the SRT opened. I have the first _fare paid_ transfer that was issued (at, IIRC 5.57 on the morning that the RT opened. I got to blow the horn, which is all the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) You'd love the SkyTrain here in Vancouver, BC Canada. It's completely computer controlled. No staff. It's doors chime when they are about to close and if you hold them open it starts chiming more and more until it buzzes. heh heh. Dean (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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