Detectors that aren't who they say they are

The defect detector relocated to 264 (from 262) is now announcing itself as "Guilford rail system mp 264.1 detector working. " It was previously announcing itself as
" Pan Am railways mp etc etc " Wondering what that's all about. A "heritage"detector or just PAR ineptitude. Heard it 6 times tonight, when POED, 698 and 697 went by.

Most likely the system defaulted to it's original programming when first used under "Guilford" rail.
They will fix that glitch "whenever"

CTRL-ALT-DEL time!

The original programming at 262 was a female voice stating the GRS message, then she switched to the PAR message. Then it was a male voice announcing the PAR message at 262. When the device was moved to 264, it was a male voice and the PAR message. Now its male, GRS at 264. This doesn't sound like a default.

The dispatchers at North Billerica still go by "Springfield Terminal".
Bottom line: With ST, GRS, PAR, even B&M, you never know for sure.
Let's enjoy it while we can. G&W or some other outfit is probably
waiting in the wings with check in hand.

Could just be one of the maintainers having a bit of fun with it. As long as it still checks for defects and announces them properly, it doesn't really matter what the railroad name is on the recording. As I recall, the NECR detector out by Vernon says BNSF instead of New England Central.

Yeah, doesn't matter at all. There was (still is?) a second-hand detector on PAS which said "UP." I bet this detector got some cannibalized parts from elsewhere or something.

Dick H wrote:The dispatchers at North Billerica still go by "Springfield Terminal".
Bottom line: With ST, GRS, PAR, even B&M, you never know for sure.
Let's enjoy it while we can. G&W or some other outfit is probably
waiting in the wings with check in hand.

They go by Springfield Terminal because thats the actual operator/carrier of the B&M and MEC.

A lot of people have been waiting for someone anyone with that check for a long time!

Isn't there (or wasn't there) one on the west end that announced "Boston and Maine, Hudson River Bridge..." with a thick southern drawl? I heard a recording of it many years ago. The voice was an actual human being, not a computer simulation.

MEC407 wrote:Isn't there (or wasn't there) one on the west end that announced "Boston and Maine, Hudson River Bridge..." with a thick southern drawl? I heard a recording of it many years ago. The voice was an actual human being, not a computer simulation.

There are 3, one at each end of the Hudson River Bridge and 1 at North Adams with that voice...

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FYI the NA 144.50 detector is out of service but it is the same voice.

I was using that on my posts here, for quite a while.

Possibly the recycled "brains" of an ATSF/BNSF detector,the "voice" heard around Texas.