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Fantastic thanks Annetts key, edwin_m & swt_passenger for the detailed replies. I find this stuff really interesting! It’s great to know what I’m looking at when seeing these things along my walks :) I’m sure I’ll have many more questions to come!

Thanks for the detailed reply. I assumed this older section of track would have all been the older voltage style track circuit detection, never seen these frequency ones before, will have to listen out for them more in the future. Explains the TX on the box! Never seen those radio masts before...

Was on a walk that goes parallel to the line between flax bourton to nailsea & Blackwell and noticed this bit of trackside equipment with wires which appear to be bolted directly to the rails, is this the track circuit detection? Also the box was making a beeping sound (is that normal?)...

Fantastic thank you :) 1748629089 This is exactly what I was after thank you :) so basically all local signals in an area are connected to a local TDM which then gathers the signal states and converts the data to some serial packet and sends it via a single telecommunications cable (which runs...

Yeah, it’s not quite the information I am after I am hoping someone in the industry here would know the exact answers. The above blog says this “ Greenhill Train Describer - 1990 Greehill Train Describer was a 64 berth/80 step describer with the backplane wired as a 64 berth/128 steps and once...

After a bit more research I found this blog, this guy developed some of the older systems and shows some of the cards which tracked the stepping of the trains from one track section to another but does not really go into detail on how the sections was wired together...

Yeah it’s just the UK systems I’m interested in, I’m guessing ones from the 80s? (Still in use today) lines like Bristol Temple Meads to Weston Super Mare or Severn Beach line which I believe are all the voltage controlled block section technology.

Ah I see, ok that helps thanks. Do signal boxes still exist at all? Or everything is just wired together using those little track side cabinets you see along the edge of the railway?

Bit of a strange question which Iv tried to research but can’t find the exact answer but hoping someone in the industry here will know the answer. Basically I understand how each track block section is hard wired to the signal protecting it via a relay and how the train shorts the tracks out...

Could you explain in a little more detail what part you think is not very realistic? We always aim to improve our products. Our firmware is as almost a direct copy of the real boards and the audio announcements use the same script and Elinor Hamilton as the voice. 1661375267 Thanks for the...

Nice one, thanks guys will have to check them out :)

Visited here a few times, love this place. Great day out. Wish we had a vintage Tramway in Bristol. What other vintage tramways are in the uk? Iv been to Blackpool one and need to visit Crich, but are there any others? Can’t find much more on Google.

Might need to start playing this game as I do 750 a week just for work lol

I thought it was pretty good. Need to see more of Hannah Fry though :D