{"id":68640,"date":"2022-01-16T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T07:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=68640"},"modified":"2022-01-15T09:56:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T14:56:27","slug":"the-worlds-most-useful-model-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/01\/16\/the-worlds-most-useful-model-railway\/","title":{"rendered":"The world&#8217;s most useful model railway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6TLcaJdsRr0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tom Scott<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 27 Sep 2021<\/p>\n<p>In Darmstadt, Germany, there&#8217;s the <em>Eisenbahnbetriebsfeld<\/em>: a model railway connected to actual railway signalling equipment, so that controllers can learn without putting any real trains in danger. I got to learn the very basics.<br \/>\n\u25a0 More about the railway (in German): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eisenbahnbetriebsfeld.de\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eisenbahnbetriebsfeld.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Camera: Moritz Janisch<br \/>\nProducer: Marcel Fenchel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fenchel-janisch.de\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.fenchel-janisch.de<\/a><br \/>\nEditor: Isla McTear<\/p>\n<p>With thanks to <em>Deutsche Bahn<\/em> and DB Training, AKA Bahn, the <em>Institut f\u00fcr Bahnsysteme und Bahntechnik<\/em> at TU Darmstadt, and all the team at the <em>Eisenbahnbetriebsfeld<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m at <a href=\"https:\/\/tomscott.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tomscott.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and on Instagram as tomscottgo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-16-at-09-55-35-The-worlds-most-useful-model-railway-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-16-at-09-55-35-The-worlds-most-useful-model-railway-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-71180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-16-at-09-55-35-The-worlds-most-useful-model-railway-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-16-at-09-55-35-The-worlds-most-useful-model-railway-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-16-at-09-55-35-The-worlds-most-useful-model-railway-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-16-at-09-55-35-The-worlds-most-useful-model-railway-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Scott Published 27 Sep 2021 In Darmstadt, Germany, there&#8217;s the Eisenbahnbetriebsfeld: a model railway connected to actual railway signalling equipment, so that controllers can learn without putting any real trains in danger. 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