A) train indicator (it lights red when the train passes)
B) train radar
C) fridge
If it was in the city of Zurich I would say a speed trap for trains
Looks quite interesting – Is there anything else nearby? Especially things mounted to the track, signals etc.
Also could you tell where this is? If you’re really interested, you could try asking asking the railway infrastructure manager, which around Bern could be the SBB, BLS or RBS.
Maybe some device to check for overheated breaks…. ?
Is there a railway switch in front of it? Could be part of a heating system for railway switch.
Looks like wayside monitoring. Basically fancy cameras that read the wagon identification codes on cargo trains and collect full profile Images of them. They can also have other nice sensors (UHF readers for example).
A few years ago I heard of a project at SBB to automatically detect the wear level of break pads on cargo train wagons to flag the wagons for service/maintenance. Pretty cool stuff
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A) train indicator (it lights red when the train passes)
B) train radar
C) fridge
If it was in the city of Zurich I would say a speed trap for trains
Looks quite interesting – Is there anything else nearby? Especially things mounted to the track, signals etc.
Also could you tell where this is? If you’re really interested, you could try asking asking the railway infrastructure manager, which around Bern could be the SBB, BLS or RBS.
Maybe some device to check for overheated breaks…. ?
Is there a railway switch in front of it? Could be part of a heating system for railway switch.
Looks like wayside monitoring. Basically fancy cameras that read the wagon identification codes on cargo trains and collect full profile Images of them. They can also have other nice sensors (UHF readers for example).
A few years ago I heard of a project at SBB to automatically detect the wear level of break pads on cargo train wagons to flag the wagons for service/maintenance. Pretty cool stuff
This is at the Rüttiweg-bridge, isn’t it?
Maybe it has a connection to the [Entflechtung Gümligen Süd project](https://www.bav.admin.ch/dam/bav/de/dokumente/aktuell-startseite/berichte/sb_eisenbahn_ausbauprogramme/standbericht-2020-eisenbahn-ausbauprogramme.pdf.download.pdf/Standbericht%202020.pdf)