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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 27/03/2013 at 11:55 #42772
Andrew G
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Suspect this will be of interest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21951560

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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 27/03/2013 at 14:27 #42776
peterb
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Interesting that the Moorgate line is in the 'wrong' location as per the simulation and real life!
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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 27/03/2013 at 15:26 #42777
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Like the way all the signalers are just getting pushed out of the way as they walk around the panel!
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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 27/03/2013 at 18:53 #42779
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It's good to old Blah-blah again.
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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 27/03/2013 at 22:48 #42790
UKTrainMan
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Cheers for that Andrew G - very interesting to see. Am I to assume the blues on the panel are pesky autos, turned on?

" said:
Interesting that the Moorgate line is in the 'wrong' location as per the simulation and real life!
I believe that the KX sim's current public release is quite old now (not a dig at the developer!); something like 2006(?) if I'm not mistaken(?). I believe the current scrolly version was simply just a refresh from the paged to the scrolly so it is possible that the arrangement with the Moorgate lines was within certain confines when the paged sim was made, so as a refresh the layout was (pages/"Views" were) probably just 'joined-up' to make it a continuous scrolly.

Quietly looking forward to an update in the future though, hopefully with things added like some missing banner repeaters, Platform 0 at KGX, and Hitchin Flyover being a few items of interest (at least to me, anyway).

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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 27/03/2013 at 23:02 #42792
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Heres the picture of KX i took before Christmas - Panel 1
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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 28/03/2013 at 10:20 #42806
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Heres the picture of KX i took before Christmas - Panel 1

What are the white lights at the stop blocks please?

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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 28/03/2013 at 10:26 #42807
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The end buttons for a route. I believe there are 2 of them behind each other, whereby the first button will overwrite the content of the last berth and the 2nd button places the description of the incoming train in the first empty berth. This to facilitate coupling or double docking trains.
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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 28/03/2013 at 10:39 #42808
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I note that KX only has one (visible) TD berth, which might explain why on this site
http://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/KX/1 there is only ever the outer Berth with a TD in it.

P.S. is it possible to get this to display on a Mobile phone? Tried it on my wife's (an HTC) and it does not work.

Peter

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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 28/03/2013 at 10:55 #42809
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It works on an iphone - some of the drivers were using it to find their trains last week after the messroom screes went down!
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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 29/03/2013 at 23:01 #42870
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excuse me, have never gone into a box, but what r those stretch of white lights and buttons for above the station on the panel
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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 29/03/2013 at 23:59 #42871
John
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Not sure what white lights you're referring to, but the buttons above Kings Cross station are the IPS (Individual Point Switches) which are used for manually swinging points.
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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 30/03/2013 at 00:06 #42872
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I think they're point controls. The lights display the position, the switch underneath is so that the signaller can move and hold the points in a certain position (the equivalent of left/right clicking a point end in SimSig), but they're normally left in the vertical position so that the points are controlled by setting a route. There's a better picture here from Westbury.

EDIT: John posted while I was typing.

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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 30/03/2013 at 00:23 #42873
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Unlike the Simulator, the signaller on Panel 1 must enter every headcode manually that intends to depart Kings Cross. The signaller can enter the HC prior to the inward stock arriving, if this is done then the headcode is entered, the white button is then pressed. This will enable the departing headcode to NOT be overwritten when the inward bound HC arrives.
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Take a (quick!) look inside Kings X PSB 30/03/2013 at 00:25 #42874
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As answered below, the switches on the top of the panel are Indicidual point switches, enabling each set of points to be set manually. The lights simply indicate which position each sets of point lie in
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