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Subject: Re: TCB : Break or Block ?
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On 2022-05-23 22:39, Tanavit wrote:
> Bonjour,
>
> Being currently writing an advtrains tutorial in french, I have a 
> doubt about the actual meaning of the "TCB" acronym (and how to 
> translate it).
>
> The most common full name I read in advtrains docs is "Track Circuit 
> Break".
>
> But a search on internet for this acronym leads to, for example, :
>
> https://safety.networkrail.co.uk/jargon-buster/tcb/
>
> in which the B is for Block.
>
> I understand that one "Track Circuit Block" is defined by two "Track 
> Circuit Breaks" but I am chagrined by the unique acronym for two 
> different things.
>
> Should we change TCB to TCBB (Track Circuit Bloc Border) ?
>
> Should I precise I am not a native English speaker ?
>
> Cordialement.
>

As Y. Wang said, I doubt anyone was aware of online dictionaries that 
list TCB as short for "Track Circuit Block", and it's a term I don't 
recall ever reading in any English-language railway literature.


The term is quite intuitive to me as a native speaker. The Track Circuit 
Break is a 'break', a gap, a border, between two different track 
circuits, or a track circuit and tracks without a track circuit. A track 
circuit is an electrical device for detecting if a section is occupied 
with a train, which the advtrains TCBs simulate.


I leave the translation of Break at your discretion when it comes to a 
translation into French, but hopefully this explains it. At best there 
is a cognate in French that also starts with b and is understood in the 
same way; at worst, it's not that bad as other foreign-language terms 
are used in Advtrains like the German "LZB" (the part of interlocking 
that designate points on a track for signals and signs, and rules for 
obeying those). It is probably best not to translate the acronym TCB 
because it is used in many places and it would probably add more 
confusion than help.


Thanks for your contributions,
Blockhead