Re: Desto indicators [was RE: First passenger run at Dulwich Hill]
  Graham Hocking

On a roller piano it very probably plays 'Nellie Dean?

G.

On 27/03/2014 8:41 PM, Richard Youl wrote:
> This is an extract from an old A class side destination roll.

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> Somebody may be able to interpret the digital code on the side.

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> By contrast, an electric train roll just has the same rectangular slot beside each sign.

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> (Done on iPad. I trust it does not arrive upside down!)

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> Regards,

> image.jpeg

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> On 27 Mar 2014, at 6:15 pm, "Noel Reed" noelreed10@... mailto:noelreed10@bigpond.com> wrote:

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>> On Thursday, 27 March 2014 3:40 PM, Matthew Geier wrote --

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>> Electronic. The driver selected the Desto with a keypad much like the

>> SC2000 machine in Loftus's Z2 111 and the computer wound the roll to the

>> right entry.

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>> The computer would be electronic, but the roll is mechanical. How is the correct position selected on the destination roll ?

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>> A further comment -- I just asked Wikipedia about Solari indicators as were once used at airports and some major overseas railway stations. It showed a Solari destination indicator on a Prague tram. How did they stand up to the vibration of use in a vehicle ? These Solari indicators showed letters or names on 'split-flap ' plates.

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>> Some buses use destination displays made up of yellow dots. Are these fully electronic or electro-mechanical... .

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>> Another question for the Melbourne people --- The former 1962 Spencer Street Station train departure indicator near the entrance to Platform One

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>> had an electronic type indicator on which the letters and numbers for the destination appeared on the surface of plain "tiles" . What indicator system was this and how did it work ?

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>> Noel Reed.

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>> *From:*TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Matthew Geier

>> *Sent:* Thursday, 27 March 2014 3:40 PM

>> *To:*TramsDownUnder@... mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com

>> *Subject:* Re: [TramsDownUnder] First passenger run at Dulwich Hill

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>> On 27/03/14 15:30, Noel Reed wrote:

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>> > Were the destination rolls in the Variotrams selected and changed

>> > electrically from a driver's panel or were they set manually by

>> > looking at the back of the roll through a peep-hole in the cab like

>> > the traditional trams ?

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>> Electronic. The driver selected the Desto with a keypad much like the

>> SC2000 machine in Loftus's Z2 111 and the computer wound the roll to the

>> right entry.

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>> After 15 years the rolls would be getting a bit worn out I would expect.

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