Re: [NSW] Numbers on Signals

["Jane Campbell" <janecampbell@optusnet.com.au>]

NS - actually it stands for Newcastle to Sydney (or vice versa) I read it in
a safeworking manual once.


The Railway Rasputin II <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hubert Lam wrote:
> >
> > with rgds to signals in the suburban system, it has a code (M, S, L, I,
IL etc etc...) plus the
> > signal number (e.g. 56.3).
> >
> > what does the following stand for?
> >
> > N
> > NS
> > I
> > IL
> >
> > From a bit of guesswork, M stands for Main
> > S stands for Suburban
> > L would probably be local.
> >
> Correct
> And IL is Illawarra Local and I is Illawarra.
> The number is the signal number.
> Depending on where the signal is, it can be the distance from Sydney or
> just the number if the signal in the yard.
> ie GD 1 is Glenfield signal no 1 whilst LC 20.6 is measured from Sydney
> (in MILES).
>
> rgds