From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 10:51:36 AM UTC-5, jimmyg...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-flap_display says one of the few   
   remaining Solari mechanical flip boards in the U.S. is in the Route 128 Amtrak   
   station near Boston.  But it must have been removed, since I didn't see it on   
   a recent trip.   
   >   
   > Nor were there any other signs, digital, mechanical, or static, to explain   
   which platform a train would arrive on.  Fortunately I knew which way was   
   north and figured it out.   
   >   
   > And for no reason, they make you go up, across, and down to go to the   
   closest platform.  There isn't a track between it and the station building.   
   >   
   > Jimmy   
      
   ILL Metra's ADA required scrolling displays have been off for years, figures.   
      
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