2/2 - Sunday, October 29, 2017
Another shipment from Germany!
I hadn't really thought about it until today, but the design at the end of the tracks is totally different here from Conestoga.
At Conestoga, the tracks end at a giant "D"-shaped concrete flowerbed, which I had always assumed was sort of a "last resort" crash protection in case a train overran the bumping posts. Here, there's nothing like that - the bumping posts would just push right off the end of the rails. It's also interesting that the platform concrete slopes down flush with the track here, which means people are going to cut across the ends of the tracks, instead of walking around.
I love you so much, DIN 1451. I love you so much that I spec you on all the Lamacoids on the machinery I design!
Another shipment from Germany!
I hadn't really thought about it until today, but the design at the end of the tracks is totally different here from Conestoga.
At Conestoga, the tracks end at a giant "D"-shaped concrete flowerbed, which I had always assumed was sort of a "last resort" crash protection in case a train overran the bumping posts. Here, there's nothing like that - the bumping posts would just push right off the end of the rails. It's also interesting that the platform concrete slopes down flush with the track here, which means people are going to cut across the ends of the tracks, instead of walking around.
I love you so much, DIN 1451. I love you so much that I spec you on all the Lamacoids on the machinery I design!