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Next to this, a block of construction type 5007 from signal box 2 at
Traisen station and the main signal box (a so-called “Rankapparat”) from
the station manager’s office at the station in Maria Saal have been
erected. This was the most common mechanical safety equipment to be
found in Austria. Even today equipment of this kind can still be found in
the countries that succeeded the monarchy.

Since the start of the railway age, signalling technology has kept pace
with the cutting edge of technology. Modern railway signalling
technology and the equipment used fulfil a complex and responsible
range of tasks: they control the points, tracks and signals, make the rail
tracks secure, steer the trains and monitor their speed.

Opposite the mechanical signals there are a VGS 80 (a
simplified signal box), which was in operation at
Friesach station until 2002, and a push-button signal
box, which was used in Rothenthurn until 2006.

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