04-04-2017, 09:53 PM
(04-04-2017, 07:36 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(04-04-2017, 05:01 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Thanks for posting this.
Although I have to admit I found this just as disappointing as the one about what powers the trains (spoiler: it’s electric!). Lose the cute hand-drawn diagrams and show photos of the actual stuff — inside a TPSS, cab view of the control panel, etc. — and give a few technical details such as the actual voltages involved or what the door control looks like. I don’t mean expand to a one-hour technical overview only of interest to technical people; but talk to an audience that actually cares about the technology and might one day want to learn more.
I have this thought as well, because I'm interested in the technical details, but you must consider the intended audience. Most people probably aren't even aware of the existence of the traffic control, or the train control system. I mean, given that seems like half the city thinks it's a street car, this is probably a great video to show that there is far more too it than that.
Sure, but I’m suggesting that even for the intended audience it’s dumbed down. It doesn’t actually answer the title question, really, in any case. Although I could say more about the present video, I have more concrete complaints about the previous “how is it powered” video: really, they couldn’t have had one scene filmed inside a TPSS? Or mentioned the specific voltages, just in passing? There wasn’t a single image of actual electrical equipment. I can’t believe that anybody interested enough to watch wouldn’t be interested in seeing the actual equipment. Why do you think industrial tours, Doors Open, etc., are so popular?