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G-Man24OGR Forum Member

@Don McErlean posted:
Gman24: that is some signal. While I am no expert in this area, (taking a risk here) I believe that the two semaphores represent a "near" and a "distant" warning. Hence the engineer might get a "green" near signal meaning OK to proceed but a "yellow" distant signal meaning he needed to be prepared to stop or slow down in some reasonably short distance. I have been told that the distance to stop is specified by the particular Railway's rules and some times is defined as "the length of the train". Its position just ahead of a blind curve on the layout lends some credibility to this view, the distant signal could be telling the engineer to slow down for a curve coming up or for some obstacle he can't see because its around the curve.

Don

That's as good an explanation as any, thanks Don. That little Hornby train is great!

3/21/2110:28 PM

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