Re: Signaller causes SPAD

[signal_spotter@my-deja.com]

> What it does mean is that the scope for error by a signaller is much
less
> than for a driver.  Indeed trained monkeys could be employed as
> signallers... |-)
>
> --
> B.
>
Yes but could they play Nintendo in between trains. :-)

Actually this reminds me of an amusing story. A couple of years ago I
had my 20 year school reunion and I ran into an old friend who's
brother was a signaller. Well a few ales later we were getting into a
heated discussion about train detection. Apparently there was a near
incident where a train nearly hit a loco. The reason was that the loco
derailed and came completely off the tracks and therefore the track
circuit picked back up. He was telling me that I should design into the
system the ability to detect a train when it runs off the track. I then
asked him, well what did your brother do when he suddenly lost the
train from his panel. He said, "Nothing, he was asleep at the time."


regards Ian
Signal Design Engineer

PS. And may I be so bold as to ask what do you do for a living?



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