Evening all,
Watching an absolute treat of a 1972 UIC/BTF film called "Cybernetica" which ostensibly looks at how computing is (or was) changing rail travel for the better. There's lots of futuristic bits and bobs (which are still pretty impressive now), but what most caught my eye was the apparent in-cab signalling apparatus being tested in a First Gen EMU of some kind, somewhere on a four track mainline. The paired wires approach looks a little like the German LZB system. Could anyone shed any light on what it was, where it was tested, and what prevented a home grown ATP/ATC system from being developed?
(The relevant bit is from 4:41 in: https://youtu.be/snyFXNiAneE?t=4m41s)
Cheers!
Watching an absolute treat of a 1972 UIC/BTF film called "Cybernetica" which ostensibly looks at how computing is (or was) changing rail travel for the better. There's lots of futuristic bits and bobs (which are still pretty impressive now), but what most caught my eye was the apparent in-cab signalling apparatus being tested in a First Gen EMU of some kind, somewhere on a four track mainline. The paired wires approach looks a little like the German LZB system. Could anyone shed any light on what it was, where it was tested, and what prevented a home grown ATP/ATC system from being developed?
(The relevant bit is from 4:41 in: https://youtu.be/snyFXNiAneE?t=4m41s)
Cheers!