Re: Train on Track detectors.

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Sailor <apeterabraham@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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I was one of the few Engineers who actually used the periscopes for
real and in any case all engineers kept bridge watches on the roof. I
was the proud owner of a digital computer in 1963 and was then
launched into the Polaris boats as the Chief Tech. They were so
cutting edge that I did not meet the same technology in civilian life
for almost 20 years. To move from thermionic valves to IC's is a
major step function. Having subsequently to qualify Nuclear and
then Mechanical I found myself having to fight to stay in the
electronics game as general management demanded my time and
concentration. My railway hobby then was 5" live steam but the fun
evaporated with the rules ( insurance etc) and the po faced attitude
of many of the well heeled adherents ( talk about rivet counting!) .
About the only thing still working corporally is my brain and a good
days entertainment can be finding a few mini bits on the deck amidst
the other debris ( it is usually the irreplaceable widger etc which is
playing silly buggers). (And -- yes I have put things in backwards
before -- and got paid for it, but then that was part of my charm).

Regards

You probably worked for my old man then! (WEO). Small world....

Cheers
Richard

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