Re: home signal

[Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>]

David Johnson wrote:
> 
> Eddie Oliver wrote:
> 
> > No, especially not in NSW. For instance Accept signals require authority
> > to be passed at stop (except in specified circumstances) but are not
> > Home signals.
> 
> Accept signals may be passed at stop without authority if an unsuccessful attempt
> has been made to contact the signaller, and the signal is not fitted with a
> prohibitive instruction plate.

Yes (if one takes a very slight liberty with the wording of the SWU).

Actually Accept signals are an interesting breed, largely unique to NSW.
Victoria has "controlled automatics" in some contexts similar to the NSW
usage of Accepts, but certainly not uniformly so. Other systems tend not
to have them at all (with exceptions in specific instances). There must
be some deep history somewhere as to exactly how the NSW usage did
develop, probably when Mr Byles was in charge.

Eddie