BBC11 个月
Intercity 125: Workers say farewell to British Rail icon
High speed trains (HST) were the future of British Rail in the 1970s, with advertisements promising unheard of speeds and shorter journey times. Better known as the InterCity 125, the diesel ...
Hackaday8 个月
Retrotechtacular: TOPS Runs The 1970s British Railroad
How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific Railroad. Before TOPS ...