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Posted: Oct 23 2012 (22:46)
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A COMPILATION OF RAIL SIGNS AND THEIR MEANINGS:
Compiled by me thanks to years of railfanning experience after reffering to many people and online material, I would quote an example with every sign to aid in understanding to the best extent possible:
The first thing we are concerned about when we are talking about movement of trains is anything which makes the train to de-accelerate, they can be in the following instances.
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Compiled by me thanks to years of railfanning experience after reffering to many people and online material, I would quote an example with every sign to aid in understanding to the best extent possible:
The first thing we are concerned about when we are talking about movement of trains is anything which makes the train to de-accelerate, they can be in the following instances.
A...
more...
KILOMETER MARKINGS BESIDE P.WAY:
It is common to find distance markings beside P.Way(Track) in every section be it a normal track in plains, plateaus, ghats or mountain railways in IR. They essentially mean distance from a junction to another junction(this being a branch line and the other two junctions being Main Lines or this section is laid later) or to a terminus. These are mentioned on slabs beside tracks at particular intervals say 100 mts in diesel sections and on OHE Poles in case of an electric section.
Ex: begins with 0 at...
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It is common to find distance markings beside P.Way(Track) in every section be it a normal track in plains, plateaus, ghats or mountain railways in IR. They essentially mean distance from a junction to another junction(this being a branch line and the other two junctions being Main Lines or this section is laid later) or to a terminus. These are mentioned on slabs beside tracks at particular intervals say 100 mts in diesel sections and on OHE Poles in case of an electric section.
Ex: begins with 0 at...
more...
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