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Post by programmes1 on Jul 10, 2023 16:51:11 GMT
In the control room at Earls Court there were indicators in the diagram which displayed the train number/destination these were known as KGMs. Can anyone tell me what KGM stands for.
TIA
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jul 10, 2023 17:30:51 GMT
KGM seems to refer to the manufacturer, KGM Electronics of Richmond Surrey
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Post by programmes1 on Jul 10, 2023 18:04:50 GMT
Dstock7080,
Thanks for that I did a search but that company did not come up mostly overseas companies.
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Post by d7666 on Jul 10, 2023 18:06:04 GMT
Were they like these things ?
I've never been to Earls Court control room, but have come across these things or similar many many moons ago in non railway control rooms.
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Post by Tom on Jul 10, 2023 18:21:48 GMT
That's exactly what they were!
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Post by d7666 on Jul 10, 2023 18:25:11 GMT
That's exactly what they were! Ta! Before I joined the 'london underground' environment, I had quite a lot to do with non railway control rooms e.g. electric grid, power station, and emergency services, and worked through a generation of kit pre-dating LED LCD etc, GB and overseas. |
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Post by Tom on Jul 10, 2023 18:25:32 GMT
Thanks for that I did a search but that company did not come up mostly overseas companies. KGM became KME (Kent Modular Electronics) in 1990. They're still trading - I remember them supplying new monitors for the control desks at Baker Street in the early 2000s. www.kme.co.uk/ |
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Post by d7666 on Jul 10, 2023 18:29:35 GMT
Thanks for that I did a search but that company did not come up mostly overseas companies. KGM became KME (Kent Modular Electronics) in 1990. They're still trading - I remember them supplying new monitors for the control desks at Baker Street in the early 2000s. www.kme.co.uk/I'd not picked up KMG and KME = same company. Neasden SCC pre-TBTC desks were KME monitors - marine specification !!! Don't ask !! I just remembering when procuring some replacements reading the spec - as if we were placing them on the outside of 96TS in the monsoon season. |
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Post by Tom on Jul 10, 2023 19:22:06 GMT
One of those situations where Companies House is a very useful website!
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Post by class411 on Jul 11, 2023 5:45:01 GMT
Super retro and rather wonderful.
(The indicator and the driver circuitry.)
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