cjp
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It is - and the reason?I recall from the discussion on the Chester Voyager buffer stop incident a few months ago that some buffer stops have a white light on instead. Is that it?
It is - and the reason?I recall from the discussion on the Chester Voyager buffer stop incident a few months ago that some buffer stops have a white light on instead. Is that it?
Sounds good to me.If a siding is adjacent to a running line then two white lights should be shown. This I think is to prevent a driver on the adjacent line thinking he is seeing a stopped train.
That it's a lower speed than the 'straight' route - and that's about it, in general terms. Not sure whether it must be the highest speed diverging route, but it generally will be.Thats close but what is special about the divergance?
Before I set one, what was the 2nd place an amber light could be found?
A rear-facing 'off' indicator (which might have some form of route indication too). I'm not sure if it applies to all such indicators - I was thinking mostly of those provided for trains starting from beyond the platform starter.
Exactly that situation Paul - except that at some locations (not Picc, as far as I'm aware), the signalling design allows the signal to clear with the front of the train standing in advance of it*, the 'off' indicator being provided for the driver's benefit. Not too common nowadays - I believe they were primarily intended for those situations where a loco would drop onto its (long) train close to departure time, possibly foul of other pointwork, so there's little need nowadays in this world full of multiple units.Was that similar to a matter that was recently reported in a thread, caused by an operational matter, about three seperate units that had been at one of the shorter terminal platforms at Manchester Piccadilly, where the driving cab of the furthest unit was past the signal point ?