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Never knew about axle counters. In the UK, they use a jumper cable to stop trains in an emergency.
by exporectomy 5y ago
Never knew about axle counters. In the UK, they use a jumper cable to stop trains in an emergency.
- iggldiggl 5y agoWhile the UK has indeed stuck to almost exclusively using track circuits for a very long time [1], within the last two decades axle counters have become much more common. [1] With some exceptions – the Severn Tunnel e.g. was switched to axle counters already in 1987 because track circuits proved too unreliable within the (wet) environment of the tunnel.