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Now for some weekend lighthearted fun....
Here is an idea for NJT. Completely fool proof. Easy to keep protected through floods. Just tie them down and take the motors home on high ground. No need for complicated interlockings. When you need to cross on a single track, just dismantle one train and let the other pass. the put the thing together again and off you go.
The crossing protocol I am told is that the car with the fewer passengers has to yield to the car with more passengers! And also notice that the transition from human to diesel mode of propulsion is completely smooth and without failure too
My cousin, who is currently traveling in Cambodia brought this delightful piece of simple technology to my attention. It uses a stretch of abandoned track built by the French.
Notice the cast steel ties. They were very common in tropical Asia where wood ties did not survive the humid weather too well, and wood necessary was hard to come by.
India had thousands of Km of mainline track laid on such ties. Now of course all has been replaced by concrete in India.
Here is an idea for NJT. Completely fool proof. Easy to keep protected through floods. Just tie them down and take the motors home on high ground. No need for complicated interlockings. When you need to cross on a single track, just dismantle one train and let the other pass. the put the thing together again and off you go.
The crossing protocol I am told is that the car with the fewer passengers has to yield to the car with more passengers! And also notice that the transition from human to diesel mode of propulsion is completely smooth and without failure too
My cousin, who is currently traveling in Cambodia brought this delightful piece of simple technology to my attention. It uses a stretch of abandoned track built by the French.
Notice the cast steel ties. They were very common in tropical Asia where wood ties did not survive the humid weather too well, and wood necessary was hard to come by.
India had thousands of Km of mainline track laid on such ties. Now of course all has been replaced by concrete in India.
