Re: home signal

[Mark Bau <markbau@altavista.com>]

> From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
> Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au
> Newsgroups: aus.rail
> Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 22:38:19 +1000
> Subject: Re: home signal
> 
> A home signal is a signal that protects something.  Be that a set of points, a
> crossover, a level
> crossing or whatever, it is always protected by a home signal.  If the signal
> does not protect
> anything, it is not a home signal

This might be a good NSW definition but that's all it is. Take a look at
Melbourne's underground, lots of home signals down there but they don't
protect anything physical, just the track section ahead.

Mark