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Re: [NSW]-Question about signal phones
- Subject: Re: [NSW]-Question about signal phones
- From: Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 23:08:03 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
- References: <91bdcs$eou$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:26810
signal_spotter@my-deja.com wrote:
> Is there a convention with signal phones that if it's mounted on the
> actual signal then that signal is 'permissive' (ie may be passed at
> stop under certain conditions, autos and accepts) and if it's mounted
> on a post beside the signal then that signal is 'absolute' (ie may not
> be passed at stop, homes and starters). There seems to be this
> unwritten rule which someone came up with years ago and we've seemed to
> follow but upon speaking to drivers about it, they're response
> was "That's news to me". So somewhere along the line it hasn't filtered
> through. Or has it?
Absolute rubbish. Go and look, and you will see every imaginable
counterexample. Has someone been testing your gullibility all this time?
Eddie