Re: A question...

["Chris Lehmann" <chrisjl@iname.com>]

David Johnson wrote in message <37815DFE.78560AAC@ozemail.com.au>...
>George wrote:
>
>> I will take photos tomorrow and show you what they say. CC for Clyde
>> Carlingford and I must admit it is ML and MS means Metropolitan local and
>> suburban. Also what about Bankstown, it is B go out there and have a look
>
>This thread has become lost, as some people are quoting signal numbers, and
some
>are quoting stanchions, while others are quoting signals.
>
>The above is one example.  CC is used on stanchions for Clyde-Carlingford,
but
>there are no signals on the line with the exception of those controlled by
>Parramatta Road signal box, which have PR prefixes.  As stanchions go over
all
>lines, they have only the line letters as their prefixes.  The stanchions
over
>the Suburban and Local lines are all SL prefixes, which stands for Sydney -
>Lithgow.  The signals have M, S or L prefixes depending on which line they
are
>for, and between Granville and Harris Park they have WM and WS prefixes for
West
>Main and West Suburban.  On the Illawarra line, the stanchions have SW
prefixes
>for Sydney - Wollongong.  The signals have SM prefixes between St Peters
and
>Oatley for Sydenham control centre, and have I and IL suffixes for
Illawarra and
>Illawarra Local.  In the bidirectional areas under Sydenham's control (ie
>Allawah - Oatley), they have DI, UI, DIL and UIL suffixes.
>
>Confused yet?


Aren't the signals on the lines between Sydney (Central) and somewhere near
Lidcombe labelled SY for Sydney Control and ST for Strathfield Control
except for those inbetween which are just automatic which conform with the
L, S and M labels.
>
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