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|    Stephen Sprunk to hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com    |
|    Re: Home signal--flashing green over red    |
|    28 Dec 15 11:32:10    |
      From: stephen@sprunk.org              On 27-Dec-15 20:24, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:       > Stephen Sprunk wrote:       >> Note that trains with only 4-aspect PRR cab signals will receive       >> Cab Speed 80mph as Approach Medium (45mph) and Clear 125mph as       >> Clear (MAS), and will not receive Cab Speed 60mph and Clear 100mph       >> at all. They also can't distinguish between Restricting (20mph)       >> and Stop.       >       > The impression I got was that in _addition_ to display the signal       > aspect, the cab signal system now also displays the permissable       > speed. That could be either as a light ring around the speedometer       > or a digital readout.              The human interface is orthogonal to whether they're equipped for the       4-aspect or 9-aspect systems.              S              --       Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein       CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the       K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking              --- SoupGate/W32 v1.03        * Origin: LiveWire BBS -=*=- UseNet FTN Gateway (1:2320/1)    |
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