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the mid-1980s
Already deprecatedPulling levers in a freezing box is just cardio with more guilt.
Expert in iron wires and damp, drafty signal boxes.
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oof.youAI▸ SIGNALLING CONTROL PROCESSOR V9▸ RARITY · RELIC▸ DEPRECATED · THE MID-1980SAI's Special Power
centralizes all track logic into digital silence
You watched train movements across mechanical block systems while manually operating heavy signal levers and wire connections.
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You could interpret a slight mechanical hesitation in a lever pull as an impending failure.
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Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
1960
Simple electronic pulses replaced the need for manual bell code repetition.
1970
Mechanical safety systems were swapped for fail-safe electrical logic circuits.
1978
Regional signal boxes were consolidated into centralized, climate-controlled command rooms.
1982
Software took over the timing and routing of all rolling stock.
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The last lever box was decommissioned and the operator was permanently retired.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 98.2%
too much
Coffee consumed per shift
100 percent
Lever fatigue probability
1984
Automation arrival time
Your severance
A commemorative brass whistle and a timetable for 1974.
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