Branch signaling continued

[NW Mailing List]

On 11/9/2013 1:04 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> If you wanted the engineer to know the turnout is set for diverging you

> would have "Approach Diverging", but the next signal is full red. It is not

> advance approach. I understand using the approach indication, as long as

> the engineer understands it, and the interpretation is correct. The

> decision what that signal should show has a lot to do with the

> circumstance. If that train ahead was actually in the next block ahead you

> would have the "Clear Diverging" indication. The point is if you are having

> this signal relate the turnout indictation, if not, you will not have a 2nd

> head on it, only the the single head and can only show clear/approach/stop.

Lynn,
     Well, your model railroad is your model railroad. You can make up 
whatever signal rules you want for your model railroad and you may 
understand those. But, your clearly don't understand signals on the real 
railroad.

Jimmy Lisle