Re: [NSW]-Question about signal phones

["Russell" <russelln@iprimus.com.au>]

"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Eddie Oliver" <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au> wrote in message
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> > With reference to the debate quoted below, and things that others have
> > said, I suspect we may have a problem of defining what we're talking
> > about. If it helps, I will withdraw and apologise (at least until we
> > decide just what the terms of reference are!) for what I had written
> > about statements being rubbish, in case I misunderstood the intended
> > context!
> >
> > There seem to be several different possible contexts:
> >
> > 1: the actual safeworking rules.
> > 2: formal signal design standards.
> > 3: what generally happens in designs even though there are not formal
> > requirements.
> > 4: what drivers etc may be taught or believe.
> >
> > To help resolve this, may I ask Tezza to be more specific about what he
> > was taught, and what he believes the associations are between signal
> > types and phone placement? That way we will at least have some common
> > ground for what we're talking about.
>
>
> I have no idea if there's anything in writing now. I can't remember if we
were
> given anything in writing years ago, I had a big cleanout this year and
tossed
> out years and years of what I considered crap, but quite a few here may
have
> thought otherwise.
>
> I stand to be corrected but I think the following is correct.
>
> Automatic Signal - Phone on signal post
> Accept Signal     - Phone on signal post
> Home Signal -       Phone on seperate post.
> Outer Home Signal - Phone on signal post.
> Starting Signal - Phone on signal post.
>
> I know there are exceptions to this (as there is with everything on the
> railways), especially with signals which have been converted from one type
to
> another.

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