Re: Splitting distants: more than you wanted to know

Barry Campbell (campblbm@ozemail.com.au)
Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:10:45 +1000

MarkBau1 wrote in message <19980212174301.MAA05380@ladder03.news.aol.com>...

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>BTW they are called ""distant" signals NOT "distance" signals.
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>Mark.
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They are called "distant" signals *now* but the original 19th century name
was, in fact, "distance" signals. Presumably because they were placed some
distance from home signals.

Barry Campbell