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Re: Railway Simulators

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Railway Simulators
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:40:19 +1100
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David A. wrote:

> But how close to australian ctc control is it ?  Do the controllers
> really flip each point and signal individually or do they call sets of
> points and signals as routes ?

We use route control.  A more accurate simulator would be the Albury-Melbourne CTC from
SIAM in England.  However, changing the points is a little more fun, which is what counts
when it comes down to it.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman

References:
- Re: Railway Simulators
  - From: tonym@idl.net.au (TM)
- Re: Railway Simulators
  - From: Allan Brown <ajbrown@easy.com.au>
- Re: Railway Simulators
  - From: tonym@idl.net.au (TM)
- Re: Railway Simulators
  - From: David_Arblaster@nospam.dse.vic.gov.au (David A.)

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