That would be a great safety feature if it was possible
It is possible. There's a tram system in France somewhere that uses contact studs in the roadway that only go live when a tram goes over them.
That would be a great safety feature if it was possible
There's quite a few ideas that people hold that seem accepted as "fact", that are actually wrong, but are rarely challenged. How about getting a list of them together, and working out where they came from, and why they've persisted?
Let's start with the ever-popular "Great Central was built to continental loading gauge" idea. No idea where it came from - I think it got mentioned in a book once - but it's demonstrably false. It still gets wheeled out as an argument as to why the line should never have closed, should be reopened instead of HS2 etc.
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You joke but I was in Reims last year. They have third rail trams and the third rail does precisely that!There are still people out there that think the 3rd rail only becomes electrified when a train goes over it.
Reims. Saw it last year. Walked on the third rail, survived.It is possible. There's a tram system in France somewhere that uses contact studs in the roadway that only go live when a tram goes over them.
I've never heard that one before. It certainly does not qualify as a persistent railway myth.That Thatcher privatised British Rail. When it was actually her usurper.
I noticed on the Inverness sleeper last week that there is a steering wheel at the back of that.Pacers are merely recycled buses from the 70s.
Trains, and steam ones in particular, have steering wheels. I can understand a little of where the steam one comes from, given the Number that have a screw reverser, but anyone who's ever had any type of model train, wooden upwards, or even seen Thomas, should know better!
I've never heard that one before. It certainly does not qualify as a persistent railway myth.
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No, they pull levers instead.Train drivers just push a button to go, put their feet up and read the paper.
One I have heard a few times is that Beeching was a Tory transport minister who was responsible for all the closures in the 60s, then later Barbara Castle came in and prevented any more closures.