Passenger Trains > The replacement at 30th Street Station

The replacement to the Solari board is being worked on/installed today.

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Between the removal of the Solari and the installation of its replacement, I can only imagine the information agents were bombarded with questions as to when, where, why and how...  I would have thought better co-ordination of the two events would have been the order of the day but then...

boejoe Wrote:
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> Between the removal of the Solari and the
> installation of its replacement...thought better co-ordination of the two
> events would have been the order of the day

Their project...our project. This is just a micro view of the system at work.

TAW

boejoe Wrote:
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> Between the removal of the Solari and the installation of its replacement, I can only imagine the information agents were bombarded with
> questions as to when, where, why and how...  I would have thought better co-ordination of the two events would have been the order of the day but
> then...

As someone who has done plumbing and wiring upgrades in an old house, I can tell you from experience that it does not make sense to expect that removing the old stuff will go smoothly, nor the new pipes and wires will be easy to put into the old space.

I wish for that magic wand that T.O. members must have.

Brian

Let the annoying advirtisments commence!

That Bank of America banner is over the top big!

It's like that huge Kodak photo that was up at GCT 20 - 40 years ago. It should be removed, does not fit with character of the station.

boejoe Wrote:
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> Between the removal of the Solari and the
> installation of its replacement, I can only
> imagine the information agents were bombarded with
> questions as to when, where, why and how...  I
> would have thought better co-ordination of the two
> events would have been the order of the day but
> then...

The picture clearly shows a temporary, LCD monitor, on a floor stand, to display the information during the transition period.

Safe rigging for something of that size and weight doesn't happen instantly.  There are structural standards that have to be adhered to, possibly requiring off-site fabrication.  New power and data wiring has to take place, probably through old conduits that can't be pulled through until the old sign is gone.

Unless you have direct knowledge of the project, you can't judge how good or bad the coordination is.