Re: Another City Rail Signalling Question

Bill Bolton (billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org)
Sat, 11 Apr 1998 09:16:24 GMT

wallaby@fl.net.au wrote:

> The triangular boxes are called "data-pick-up-units". They effectively split
> a single track circuit(traqnsmitter - rails - receiver) into many
> tracks(transmitter - rails - receiver - receiver - receiver, etc.) The'yr
> also know as pin-point detectors, which shoulod start to make their purpose
> clearer.

Thanls Shaun, thats the sort of explantion I was hoping someone could
provide.

Cheers,

Bill

Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia