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Digital Readout On SP Detectors
Author: almo
Date: 01-18-2011 - 21:49

I came across a grab-shot of a lineside detector along the SP, and on top of a pole was a large digital display that read back the counted axles of the train. I can't find a pic of it now, but it was Southern Pacific, and probably safe to say it does not exist anymore.

Was this kind of detector readout more common than I thought? I read about modelling one of these in a MR magazine from the '70's, but until now thought they would have existed where shorter trains and denser rail traffic would be...

almo

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  Digital Readout On SP Detectors almo 01-18-2011 - 21:49
  Re: Digital Readout On SP Detectors rws 01-18-2011 - 22:28
  Re: Digital Readout On SP Detectors SP5103 01-18-2011 - 22:44
  Re: Digital Readout On SP Detectors George Andrews 01-19-2011 - 09:25
  Re: Digital Readout On SP Detectors Speeder Kevin 01-19-2011 - 10:58
  Re: Digital Readout On SP Detectors Speeder Kevin 01-26-2011 - 16:22
  Re: Digital Readout On SP Detectors Gene Poon 01-20-2011 - 22:58
  Re: Digital Readout On SP Detectors WAF 01-21-2011 - 07:38
  Re: Digital Readout On SP Detectors JWL 01-21-2011 - 09:25
  Re: Digital Readout On SP Detectors Speeder Kevin 01-19-2011 - 15:46


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