NatalieI know this is anathema to a lot of people on here, but I really wish there was a real search of some kind. I’m looking for people posting about niche stuff and it’s too damn hard!
If you post about train control, especially CBTC, hi.
Sarah dreams of beans@xferok It's a slow process, eh? I find it frustrating too. So far the way I have found the most people is to post about a topic and use hashtags, and scope out the folks who interact
@beandreams are hashtags global? Or limited to a degree or two out on the graph?
@xferok As usual, there are baffling federation rules about it 🙄
When people follow or search for hashtags, they can find anything their server has "noticed". So hashtags make your posts visible to more people, but it is hard to actually predict or understand how much.
https://fedi.tips/which-posts-and-accounts-can-i-see-from-my-server/
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸@xferok it’s definitely more difficult than centralized places.
When I was first here trying to find people and topics I would go onto the “live feeds” of other servers and look for hashtags.
Like going here:
Cam R. 
OMFG I can't even find my reply to that one @Mastodon post regarding them planning to remove the Live/Federated feeds from public view on mastodon.social.
Mastodon search needs to be fixed fr. I'm getting the impression that they refuse to fix it because they don't know how to do so in a way that avoids provoking the privacy concerns of users who prefer their posts to not be indexed by Mastodon search and search engines.
Kevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦@xferok I tend to follow hashtags for topics I'm interested in, which has resulted in a lot of good follows.
cuan_knaggs@xferok follow folk and hashtags that seem interesting
J—dV@xferok I don't have an answer for you, but fwiw: I saw this because someone I follow boosted it. But, not someone I think of as a train-friend! And yet down below in the replies it looks like a bunch of train friends have already been tagged. So, while imperfect, it all sort of works out in the end? Sometimes? Eventually?
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Jon Worth@Sobex @jon @q @hopla @rail CBTC is a form of PTC, but they’re not coterminous. The PATH, a metro that is technically a mainline, has had its CBTC system certified as meeting its PTC requirement, for example, but really any system that can vitally stop a train upon violation of a signal or movement authority is positive train control.
The trip arms in the NYC (and other) subways can be considered a form of positive train control, because they will stop a train that violates its movement authority (ie passes a red signal)
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@Sobex @q @jon @hopla @rail it depends on how you’re looking at it, but the US mainline rail network beats Canada in nearly all respects. It’s better regulated, used more efficiently, generally higher capacity, and operated better. Canada’s rail network reflects its highly extractive economy, and is good at little more than getting unit goods to port.
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Reece Martin@Sobex @jon @q @hopla @rail more or less. If the system can stop a train who has violated its movement authority, it is a form of positive train control. This includes something like trip stops, PZB magnets, cab signals, etc. On (generally) western mainlines in the US, engineers were relied upon to observe and heed signals. Now, I-ETMS, which is GPS based, has been rolled out on nearly all of the national rail network and can enforce those signals (plus other safety stuff, like speed).
波鉄 (Hatetsu)@Sobex @xferok @jon @q @hopla @rail Well, Poland doesn't, we (well, the vast majority of us) live, thanks to the dedication of signallers, train drivers, and the introduction of the venerable Radio-Stop system, which allows remotely stopping all trains in the area by playing a specific repeating tone on the train radio with the push of a button.
This is actually going to be sort of an issue in the coming years as we've finally started rolling out digital train communication over GSM-R which apparently does not have that function (don't see any reason why it couldn't, but I guess it was decided ETCS would be responsible for controlling the brakes) while ETCS will be a longer time coming on many of these lines
(Also, AFAIK PTC is an exclusively North American term, ATP (Automatic Train Protection) is what is used for systems elsewhere, I think)
Henrik Eriksson@xferok Here are some toots using #CBTC in case your server didn’t already see them. Always follow hashtags and follow lots of people. You can always unfollow later. Good luck!
https://gram.social/p/AroundTheBlueMarble/915913664349289227
https://mastodon.au/@vibewire/115753479553634657
https://mastodon.social/@Bahnblogstelle/115674405520895451
Andreas Sebayang (@[email protected])
A few weeks ago I had the chance to visit the Singapore Rail Test Center where Siemens Mobility showed their new Signaling X for Mass Transit for the first time. Now that the article is online (at Heise Online within the Missing Link series): Here are a few more pictures. The last picture is from the Jurong Line construction. Somewhere in the middle between the SRTC and the city center. #siemensmobility #trainspotter #signalingx #publictransport #srtc #singapore #railway #train #transit #cbtc
Hannah SteenbockHashtags. That is how people find each other here. You can even follow hashtags.
If you see my post because of the hashtags, please check out the OP and connect with them.