Wexford70 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) Hi guys, Were these voidmeters ever used on Irish railways? Edited September 15, 2021 by Wexford70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 What IS it? What does it do? Personally, I've never even heard of it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) Used by PW to detect a 'void' under the rail in need of ballast, amount depending on the amount of deflection of the needle as the traffic passes over the rail. Would have no use now with such heavily ballasted track and more modern electronic assessment of rail/ballast integrity I would think. Edited September 14, 2021 by DiveController 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 And there was me thinking that "Abtus Voidneter" was a nasty character out of a Harry Potter novel........ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Well it's a Void Meter of course (slight typo in the post) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexford70 Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 14 hours ago, DiveController said: Well it's a Void Meter of course (slight typo in the post) Yes apologies, should have had my glasses on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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