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Re: 30th Street Station (Train Status Board)
Author: MP 44.7
Date: 08-02-2010 - 22:19

PVWB Wrote:
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> This display technology is called a Solari Board.
> They use to
> be widely used in airports. I would consider
> these an endangered
> species! Each letter or number or other symbol is
> on a metal flap.
> The system cycles through each flap until it gets
> to display the
> desired letter. They make a curious and
> distinctive tick-tick-
> tick-tick-tick sound while doing this. When the
> train at the
> bottom of the list has departed, all the rows have
> to move down
> one position, so this generates quite a flurry of
> activity.
>
> PVWB

Thanks for the info about the board. You described it pretty good alright!!

Robert
Lemoore, CA

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  30th Street Station MP 44.7 07-31-2010 - 23:42
  Re: 30th Street Station Espee99 08-01-2010 - 18:02
  Re: 30th Street Station John West 08-01-2010 - 18:23
  Re: 30th Street Station (Train Status Board) MP 44.7 08-01-2010 - 19:47
  Re: 30th Street Station (Train Status Board) PVWB 08-02-2010 - 12:37
  Re: 30th Street Station (Train Status Board) MP 44.7 08-02-2010 - 22:19
  Re: 30th Street Station Freericks 08-01-2010 - 22:49
  Re: 30th Street Station MP 44.7 08-01-2010 - 22:55
  Re: 30th Street Station Tom McCann 08-01-2010 - 23:26
  Re: 30th Street Station MP 44.7 08-01-2010 - 23:55
  Re: 30th Street Station Mitch 08-02-2010 - 01:32
  Re: 30th Street Station MP 44.7 08-02-2010 - 16:22
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