Paul J. Ste. Marie said: > The dispatchers and tower operators at the time had > huge paper sheets and the time each train passed a waypoint on the track > was logged. I don't remember if it was to the second on the paper forms, > but I wouldn't be surprised. The dispatch system certainly did so. The > waypoints were typically 1/4 to 1/2 mile apart, at towers, > interlockings, and the like.
Hmm. In the UK the working timetable (not the public one) is written to a precision of half a minute. -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, Email: [email protected] | it will get its revenge. Web: http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer Mobile: +44 7973 377646 _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
