In a way, it's more accurate to say that the signaling system can infer where trains are because it knows where they aren't.
I can't help but think that I am missing a really cool inside joke of some kind here.
I get that it is an electronics project using a piece of transit authority electronic equipment so "transistor" make a ton of sense from that perspective but also get it that it is easy to go "transistor" when you mean "transit" especially if you work a lot with electronics.
Can anyone help me out with a hint ( and not an answer ) if I am indeed missing something key all together.
Either way, both article title and article content are dope.
Makes perfect sense now.
That is a really clever joke.
English, the gift that keeps on giving.
“What, make a bodge job?” said the dwarf, his pipe clattering to the floor.
“Yes.”
“Patch it up, you mean? Betray my training by doing half a job?”
“Yes,” said Granny. Her pupils were two little black holes.
“Oh,” said the dwarf. “Right, then.”
-- Discworld
So I’d botch my attempt to build a shelf by cutting a board too short; I’d then bodge it into shape by screwing on a piece of scrap lumber.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/07/19/mbta-red-line-closure-b...
The only time I saw the MBTA go above 20 MPH (~30 KPM) was in the late 60s or maybe early 70s as a young kid when I lived in the area.
The driver passed out after he emptied his whiskey bottle, we could see it on the floor. The train was going extremely fast, not stopping at any stations. Me and my friends were banging on the locked door to wake him up.
Not long after a conductor came running and unlocked the door to stop the train.
For the MBTA that was just another day, no one got in trouble. There are still big issues based upon what my friends from then have told me. But seems things are starting to change, but very slowly.
Does the MBTA Trains in Boston even have Conductors now ?
Hi Tris!
Also if that happens again you can try yanking the emergency brake :)