@West Side Joe posted:I didn't know there are special signals at those stations indicating when it is safe to proceed. As a bystander on the platform, though, it seems to me that the extenders do actually gently bump against the train as it begins to move. It could (most likely is) just an optical illusion.
Now I think I will need to incorporate such a "gap filler" sign and signal on my layout module! 😁 I doubt that such a garish sign was used in the 1960's, though; I think I'll make up a 1960's style sign, blue with white lettering. It's too good not to include.)
The west end of the Times Square shuttle station was completely rebuilt and the trains now stop before the curve where the extenders were located.
@West Side Joe posted:Certainly possible. It would be more protypical as well, because if you have ever seen these things in action, they actually don't start retracting until after the train starts moving and bumps them slightly. But I'll leave it to an electronic whiz kid to take the concept to the next level. 🙂
There was a time I took the train from South Ferry a few times a week. it looked like the train bumped the extenders every time and that's what made them retract. Or that's how it looked, the extenders did get bumped every time. I don't think a circuit could work for this. The servos are to slow as compared to the train moving.
