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Dnevil at 15:58, 25 August 2024

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	Enough of this ~~begin~~ simple, now let's really throw a monkey wrench in the drive rods!		Enough of this being simple, now let's really throw a monkey wrench in the drive rods!

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Dnevil at 15:29, 25 August 2024

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	So there you have it, an easy introduction to the Broadway world of color and flashing lights along ye olde right-of-way. Perhaps just one more challenge to the mechanical fascination of miniature railroading.		So there you have it, an easy introduction to the Broadway world of color and flashing lights along ye olde right-of-way. Perhaps just one more challenge to the mechanical fascination of miniature railroading.

			== External Links ==

			* [https://railroadsignals.us/basics/basics4.htm Reading and Interpreting Railroad Signals]

Dnevil at 15:15, 25 August 2024

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	From [[Modeltec]], February 1991		From [[Modeltec]], February 1991

	<i>(Ed: This article has been updated using [https://railroadsignals.us/rulebooks/BNSF18/BNSF080118.pdf BNSF Aspects and Signals ~~2015~~])</i>		<i>(Ed: This article has been updated using [https://railroadsignals.us/rulebooks/BNSF18/BNSF080118.pdf BNSF Aspects and Signals 2018])</i>

	Who among us has not at one time felt, if not totally ignorant, then at least selectively stupid when standing alongside the "big kids" tracks, attempting to decode the intentions of the signal department? Now, this is not a guide to the twenty zillion variations peculiar to individual railroads, but a simple list of the most common standard signals, providing that authentic aspects aren't beyond the average miniature coal-slinger and, in fact, could be quite practical and colorful along our tiny trials. There are only two simple rules to remember.		Who among us has not at one time felt, if not totally ignorant, then at least selectively stupid when standing alongside the "big kids" tracks, attempting to decode the intentions of the signal department? Now, this is not a guide to the twenty zillion variations peculiar to individual railroads, but a simple list of the most common standard signals, providing that authentic aspects aren't beyond the average miniature coal-slinger and, in fact, could be quite practical and colorful along our tiny trials. There are only two simple rules to remember.

Dnevil at 15:15, 25 August 2024

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	From [[Modeltec]], February 1991		From [[Modeltec]], February 1991

	<i>(Ed: This article has been updated using [https://railroadsignals.us/rulebooks/BNSF18/BNSF080118.pdf BNSF Aspects and Signals])</i>		<i>(Ed: This article has been updated using [https://railroadsignals.us/rulebooks/BNSF18/BNSF080118.pdf BNSF Aspects and Signals 2015])</i>

	Who among us has not at one time felt, if not totally ignorant, then at least selectively stupid when standing alongside the "big kids" tracks, attempting to decode the intentions of the signal department? Now, this is not a guide to the twenty zillion variations peculiar to individual railroads, but a simple list of the most common standard signals, providing that authentic aspects aren't beyond the average miniature coal-slinger and, in fact, could be quite practical and colorful along our tiny trials. There are only two simple rules to remember.		Who among us has not at one time felt, if not totally ignorant, then at least selectively stupid when standing alongside the "big kids" tracks, attempting to decode the intentions of the signal department? Now, this is not a guide to the twenty zillion variations peculiar to individual railroads, but a simple list of the most common standard signals, providing that authentic aspects aren't beyond the average miniature coal-slinger and, in fact, could be quite practical and colorful along our tiny trials. There are only two simple rules to remember.

Dnevil at 04:47, 25 August 2024

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	Restricting: An official-sounding railroad term meaning the signal department got tired of putting up signals and you are on your own to make sure you don't cream some guy's caboose. 15 mph is all you get (if the track can handle that much!). Seen entering branch lines, yards, industrial sidings.		Restricting: An official-sounding railroad term meaning the signal department got tired of putting up signals and you are on your own to make sure you don't cream some guy's caboose. 15 mph is all you get (if the track can handle that much!). Seen entering branch lines, yards, industrial sidings.

			Perhaps the most appropriate way to end a serious dissertation such as this is to mention in passing that "Stop" doesn't necessarily mean stop! Sometimes, to save scheduling time, a hogger-in-question following another train, will be permitted to stop, then forge ahead at fifteen, creeping up behind his predecessor, and preferably stopping before assaulting the afore-mentioned caboose! This is called "Stop and Proceed".

			You may tell "Stop" (an "absolute" signal) from "Stop and Proceed" (known as a "permissive" signal) in a variety of ways. A semaphore signal with a square, blunt-ended blade tells you bluntly that this '''absolutely''' the place to stop, whereas a pointed end blade points you onward. If a multi-headed signal has its heads on opposite sides of the mast, then those sexy staggered heads are permissively luring you onward, as contrasted to the "straight" signal which is sternly absolute. Furthermore, poor old signals never blessed with a number plate will want you to stay there and keep them company, while those snobbish road signals with number plates would be just as apply if you passed them by.

			So there you have it, an easy introduction to the Broadway world of color and flashing lights along ye olde right-of-way. Perhaps just one more challenge to the mechanical fascination of miniature railroading.

Dnevil at 04:42, 25 August 2024

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			Enough of this begin simple, now let's really throw a monkey wrench in the drive rods!

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			\|(...heh,heh,heh) "Slow Approach?" Wrong! Most railroads reserve this for "Restricting", defined as...
			\|[[File:Signal Restricting RedFlash.png]]
			\|<i>or</i>
			\|[[File:Signal Restricting Red RedFlash.png]]
			\|<i>or</i>
			\|[[File:Signal Restricting Red RedFlash Red.png]]
			\|}
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			Restricting: An official-sounding railroad term meaning the signal department got tired of putting up signals and you are on your own to make sure you don't cream some guy's caboose. 15 mph is all you get (if the track can handle that much!). Seen entering branch lines, yards, industrial sidings.

Dnevil at 04:15, 25 August 2024

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	\|[[File:Signal Proceed Green Red.png]]		\|[[File:Signal Proceed Green Red.png]]
	\|<i>then</i>		\|<i>then</i>
	\|[[File:Signal ~~Advance~~ Approach Yellow ~~Green~~.png]]		\|[[File:Signal Approach Limited Yellow GreenFlash.png]]
	\|<i>then</i>		\|<i>then</i>
	\|[[File:Signal Approach ~~Yellow~~ Red.png]]		\|[[File:Signal Approach Medium YellowFlash Red.png]]
	\|<i>then</i>		\|<i>then</i>
	\|[[File:Signal ~~Stop~~ Red Red.png]]		\|[[File:Signal Diverging Clear Red Green.png]]
			\|<i>or</i>
			\|[[File:Signal Diverging Approach Red Yellow.png]]
	\|}		\|}
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Dnevil at 04:11, 25 August 2024

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	And if anyone cares, once in awhile you might see;		And if anyone cares, once in awhile you might see;

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			\|"Approach Limited" You've got the smarts to figure this out by now, eh?
			\|[[File:Signal Approach Limited Yellow GreenFlash.png]]
			\|}
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			So chugging down the line now, we might see:

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			{\|
			\|[[File:Signal Proceed Green Red.png]]
			\|<i>then</i>
			\|[[File:Signal Advance Approach Yellow Green.png]]
			\|<i>then</i>
			\|[[File:Signal Approach Yellow Red.png]]
			\|<i>then</i>
			\|[[File:Signal Stop Red Red.png]]
			\|}
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Dnevil at 03:59, 25 August 2024

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-  | Yep, you guessed it! "Diverging Approach" ... "medium speed" (now) approaching stop (next signal).
+  |Yep, you guessed it! "Diverging Approach" ... "medium speed" (now) approaching stop (next signal).
   |[[File:Signal Diverging Approach Red Yellow.png]]
   |<i>or</i>
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 But wait a minute! They gave us some warning before a redboard, so why not some warning before a medium speed route, too? (Gotta start dumping the air in advance, you know.)

Dnevil at 05:05, 24 August 2024

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	\| Yep, you guessed it! "Diverging Approach ~~Medium~~" ... "medium speed" (now) approaching stop (next signal).		\| Yep, you guessed it! "Diverging Approach" ... "medium speed" (now) approaching stop (next signal).
	\|[[File:Signal Approach ~~Medium Yellow~~ Yellow.png]]		\|[[File:Signal Diverging Approach Red Yellow.png]]
	\|<i>or</i>		\|<i>or</i>
	\|[[File:Signal Approach ~~Medium Yellow~~ Yellow Red.png]]		\|[[File:Signal Diverging Approach Red Yellow Red.png]]
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	But wait a minute! They gave us some warning before a redboard, so why not some warning before a medium speed route, too? (Gotta start dumping the air in advance, you know.)		But wait a minute! They gave us some warning before a redboard, so why not some warning before a medium speed route, too? (Gotta start dumping the air in advance, you know.)