28-07-2010, 10:20 PM
Does anyone know of any literature on axle counters, particularly the ones produced by 'THALES' installed on the NLL project, and in particular the testing process of these.
On another note, over the last couple of weeks, and maybe coincidently that I have heard it off a few different people, will axle counters take over from track circuits eventually, certainly 'new works' anyway, due to costs and up-keep of TC's over axle counters, but what about on the other hand of not being able to detect things like broken rails etc, I don't know I am just a 'fly on the wall,' but I would certainly like to hear other people's thoughts on this.
On another note, over the last couple of weeks, and maybe coincidently that I have heard it off a few different people, will axle counters take over from track circuits eventually, certainly 'new works' anyway, due to costs and up-keep of TC's over axle counters, but what about on the other hand of not being able to detect things like broken rails etc, I don't know I am just a 'fly on the wall,' but I would certainly like to hear other people's thoughts on this.