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Detecting danger on the rails… With some plumbing pipe and a Raspberry Pi

Detecting danger on the rails… With some plumbing pipe and a Raspberry Pi

Posted on February 7, 2026February 26, 2026Author oliallenPosted in Tech stuff, Trains1 Reply

I’ve put together a working semaphore signal for my garden railway. The arm raises when a train passes and resets once it’s gone. It’s not prototypical to any real signal, but it works, it looks the part, and it was a satisfying little project. The Basic Idea The system is simple: When the train clears…

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