Automation in Los Angeles

On Sep 18,

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Is there a news group where such things are discussed? *I scanned
alt.railroad but did not see any discussion.

There's considerable discussion at /misc.transport.rail.americas/

"Eugene Miya" wrote in message
news:48d2ec86$1@darkstar
In article ,
James Silverton not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not wrote:
Mark wrote on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:01:04 -0500:
James Silverton:
Is it beyond the wit of man to automatically switch off the
motor and put on the brakes when an engine goes thro' a red
light?

We are talking about railroads not highways!

England's Great Western Railway was doing more or less that in 1906.
shut off steam.) However, this is a big and complex subject and not
really appropriate for a travel newsgroup.

Is there a news group where such things are discussed? I scanned
alt.railroad but did not see any discussion.

Grepping my newsrc I get:

alt.railroad.steam:
alt.railroad:
bit.listserv.railroad:
alt.models.railroad.n:
rec.models.railroad:

for just railroad. Likely others. Your troll for discussion and
answers, you don't sit back and passively wait for data to come to
you.

On the switching, it's likely being discussed on comp.risks.

Interesting, thanks! However, toy and historic railroad groups hardly
seemed places for a discussion of the real world. Lurking is often the
best way to see if regular users are interested before asking questions
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

In article ,
James Silverton not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not wrote:
Is it beyond the wit of man to automatically switch off the
motor and put on the brakes when an engine goes thro' a red
light?

Is there a news group where such things are discussed? I scanned
alt.railroad but did not see any discussion.

Grepping my newsrc I get:

alt.railroad.steam:
alt.railroad:
bit.listserv.railroad:
alt.models.railroad.n:
rec.models.railroad:

for just railroad. Likely others. Your troll for discussion and
answers, you don't sit back and passively wait for data to come to
you.

On the switching, it's likely being discussed on comp.risks.

Interesting, thanks! However, toy and historic railroad groups hardly
seemed places for a discussion of the real world. Lurking is often the
best way to see if regular users are interested before asking questions

Like Woodruff, I should have grepped 'rail' and separate out (-n) model,
etc. Lurking is useful as well as doing one's home work.

A lot of both computers and real rails go back to places like the MIT
Model Railroad Club.

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