• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    2117 hours ago

    These are so simple and yet so clever. When i noticed them the first time i started noticing them everywhere (on all rail infrastructure).

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      18 hours ago

      Is it simple? It looks quite complicated, but maybe that’s just me forgetting how to compute forces.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        26 hours ago

        simple in that it’s just a clever series of wires and pulleys, not some sort of digital adjustment device, i suppose

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          15 hours ago

          Also, you are looking at a few different wires at once here. Each separate wire is tensioned with a mechanism with a few moving parts.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      515 hours ago

      I as well. Seattle transit, NEC Amtrak and NJ transit live off of these. If these systems work for them, they’ll work for us all