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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...
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INTERMEDIATE BLOCK SECTIONS: It is evident that no other train can enter a block when another train is present already, if distance between two stations is very long it may take quite a while for a train to reach the next station keeping the other train waiting. To eliminate such situations intermediate blocks are used dividing a block section into two blocks, this is with the aid of track circuitry. In this case a train waiting at the earlier station can be released right after the earlier one passes the intermediate block thereby optimally utilizing the section.
There were a lot of block instruments used earlier including a telephone with a handle(I guess most of you have seen this at some point)...
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There were a lot of block instruments used earlier including a telephone with a handle(I guess most of you have seen this at some point)...
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