I always loved these, because no matter where you were in the station, you’d hear it and know something was changing.

@matthewvwuk

2 жыл бұрын

Very true. I can remember these at London Waterloo station many years ago & as a boy I was fascinated by them & how they worked & made that unique noise.

So much easier to read than LEDs.

@H.EL-Othemany

3 жыл бұрын

@Brock Israel it's "google it" not Google for it.... And yes no one gives a damn

@HliarusProd

3 жыл бұрын

@@H.EL-Othemany they're bots...

The Solari board was donated to the Danbury Rail Museum. The entire system was replaced with LED panels that can be programmed from a computer terminal. The Solari system had stopped functioning at the stairs to each of the platforms and the main board could not be modified to accommodate new information. The new system is ADA compliant and can display new stations without building new cassettes.

@TexasRailfan2008

3 жыл бұрын

Well it’s better than them throwing it in the trash

So glad this is what I see every time I go to NYC

I wonder how long that "D" has been stuck. I was there 2 months ago and it was like that.

@mirzaahmed6589

2 ай бұрын

Or UNATYENDED

I remember Victoria station in London had one of these in the 80s and it was constantly flapping such were the constant amount of departures

Wow, I'm amazed at all the destinations that they flipped through1 Hyannis, St. Petersburg (FL), Tampa, Miami, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Chicago... wow

@AlexanderPerez-hv4nu

Жыл бұрын

Because I’m guessing it once served to these destinations from New Haven Union Station or will serve these stations in the future.

Even if I owned the world's busiest, modern airport, I would still insist on these being used in every terminal

U N A T Y E N D E D

I saw one of the 'coming from' options is Montreal... probably been a long time since they've used that one

Thank you for documenting this. Miss it.

@FL92002

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

Frankfurt airport still has the Solari board and perhaps the largest in the world that is still running today.

How efficient~! Did anyone notice "UNATYENDED LUGGAGE"? Garbage in, garbage out! LOL

@bceltics121

10 ай бұрын

Too busy looking at the metro nordh

Loving these older Split Flap displays - would love to hear what you think the Split Flap displays we build!

Miss those days and as they are almost dead nowadays.

i love solari and pragotron

Amazing tech

"Unatyended"

@glennfrancislowney

3 жыл бұрын

I caught that as well.

Missed opportunity for the title: it should've been "Still Clicking"

@rbjplay13 Nah I was there in mid August a couple weeks after the anniversary train. So I guess it hasn't been stuck for too long.

@murjax For the Anniversary Train? Yeah, about that long. The weekend before that the D wasn't stuck.

not typos that D clearly isnt moving at all when they start to change , its stuck, and the only people who can fix these boards have to be flown in from italy

@nlpnt

7 жыл бұрын

And that's why they're on their way out. With video flatscreens, there's nothing to get stuck and in the event of total failure a replacement is only as far away as the nearest Walmart.

@mrs2691

6 жыл бұрын

Those boards are pretty easy to fix, and the fix is far cheaper than replacing a video flatscreen.

@OatFoundry

6 жыл бұрын

This used to be true, check out the modern Split Flap displays on our page!

@BananaPhoPhilly

3 жыл бұрын

@@OatFoundry Ayyy nice

@someguy4915

Жыл бұрын

@@mrs2691 In material cost this is very true, but you also have to pay the person to come fix these boards and then it is much cheaper to send a maintenance guy to replace part of an LED panel instead of having someone who needs to be trained on the split flap boards to come and fix them...

@milky27oreo Sometimes the people who work the board tend to make a bit of mistakes, here and there. No complaints about it.

Honestly, I 'm surprised things like this still exist. It's all extremely unnecessary in 2022, but I love every moment of it

@rooneywayen

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not unnecessary. It’s more energy efficient and easier to read in daylight than modern digital panel.

@someguy4915

Жыл бұрын

@@rooneywayen More energy efficient than a modern LED panel? Lmao... These require stepper motors for each individual indicator. They are more energy efficient when they display the same information without changes but when (like on a train station) they constantly need to change what is being displayed they will draw a whole lot more energy than a standard LED display... While these are easier to read in daylight for some, they are impossible to read without light, so at night the added cost of lights also further drags power consumption anyway. Awesome technology, but saying its more efficient is just simply not true.

Is this one still there? The one at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia came down on Saturday. 😔

@dwill123

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure but the reports in Philadelphia was that the one at 30th street station was the last one up and working in any Amtrak station. Now as you said it's gone.

@billglossa4339

4 жыл бұрын

It’s been replaced with LED board, I’m pretty sure they have this board in a museum in new haven though

@retroryan838

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame these aren’t used anymore. It was cool when they changed. Unfortunately, today it’s just a boring screen with nothing special.

Hi! I'd love to use 10 - 15s of audio from this recording for a creative project. How do I get in touch with you to discuss?

Did they run out of letters to spell "unattended"?

@jonathan_herr

6 жыл бұрын

the T flipped too far and went to a "Y"...

These are so cool, but it's obvious why they were replaced with screens. They were so imprecise, they could show an entirely wrong time, departure number or status

@SimonS44

7 жыл бұрын

Roger Levy that's a *train* departure board, not flight...

@inkajoo

7 жыл бұрын

Ewps. Mistyped. My bad.

@SimonS44

7 жыл бұрын

Roger Levy No worries, everyone makes mistakes :)

Acela Expdess?

Enjoy this while you can.

@FL92002

5 жыл бұрын

This has been gone for a good 3 or 4 years now. It was replaced by an LED board which can be seen in another video, so yeah....nothing left to enjoy now (except for an LED board).

@Pffft14690

5 жыл бұрын

😥😥😥

@Pffft14690

5 жыл бұрын

They recently replaced the one from 30th St Station I'm Philly. Fortunately it's now at the R/R museum in Strasburg, Pa.

@m3andros It's actually pronounced, Unattended baggage."

IIRC Solari is in Udine

Hi, where to buy this Split-Flap Departure Board

@TexasRailfan2008

4 жыл бұрын

tupai62 good luck with that...

What's with the typos?

@cameronyoungcg9270

7 жыл бұрын

Split-flap boards (especially old ones) were prone to one letter being 'flapped' to the next one, which is the most likely explanation, or they actually can't spell.

Do you know if they sign is still there or has it been replaced?

@billglossa4339

4 жыл бұрын

It’s been replaced by an LED board

Why does it have st petersburg

ACELA EXPDRESS AND METRO NORDH LOL

Unatyended?

Acela expedess lol

Mistakes: "Unatyended", "Nordh", ... and possibly the hour too which is extremely important, I don't trust that? LED screen is better?

@playerscobongameplay

2 ай бұрын

You forgot acela exbdess

Una-tyen-ded

Acela expdess

What a pity it was barstardised with that horrible red LED clock. Yuck!

"UNATYENDED"

someone cant spell...

Metro Nordh? Is that a typo?

'Unatyended'? Sounds like how a Midwesterner would say 'unattended' ... ;)

METRO NORDH