TrackDiagrams

class trk_diagr.TrackDiagrams(data_dir=None, verbose=True)[source]

A class for collecting British railway track diagrams.

Parameters

  • data_dir (str or None) – name of data directory, defaults to None

  • verbose (bool or int) – whether to print relevant information in console as the function runs, defaults to True

Variables

  • Name (str) – name of the data

  • Key (str) – key of the dict-type data

  • HomeURL (str) – URL of the main homepage

  • SourceURL (str) – URL of the data web page

  • LUDKey (str) – key of the last updated date

  • LUD (str) – last updated date

  • DataDir (str) – path to the data directory

  • CurrentDataDir (str) – path to the current data directory

Example:

>>> from pyrcs.line_data import TrackDiagrams

>>> td = TrackDiagrams()

>>> print(td.Name)
Railway track diagrams (some samples)

>>> print(td.SourceURL)
http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/track/diagrams0.shtm

Methods

collect_sample_catalogue([…])

Collect catalogue of sample railway track diagrams from source web page.

fetch_sample_catalogue([update, pickle_it, …])

Fetch catalogue of sample railway track diagrams from local backup.

get_track_diagrams_items([update, verbose])

Get catalogue of track diagrams.