Talk:Automatic Warning System
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Should 'claxon', mentioned twice in the section entitled 'British Rail AWS', be spelt 'klaxon', or is 'claxon' a recognised railway term? There's an existing entry for klaxon. jm
- It is neither. A Klaxon is a specific type of horn with a characteristic sound (It may even be a trademark). The correct term is 'horn'. Article corrected.
- within railway documentation, it is always referred to as a 'horn', not 'klaxon'/'claxon'.
I suggest the Automatic Warning System and Automatic Train Control items be merged. This article (AWS) has quite a thorough explanation of the GWR 1905/6 system that was called ATC.--7severn7 20:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
