A railway signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed....
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Railway signalling (BE), or railroad signaling (AE), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them...
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The railway signalling system used across the majority of the United Kingdom rail network uses lineside signals to control the movement and speed of trains...
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Railway semaphore signal is one of the earliest forms of fixed railway signals. This semaphore system involves signals that display their different indications...
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and signs on the state's railway network and connected private tracks. The first signalling system on the Norwegian railway system was a mechanically...
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The application of railway signals on a rail layout is determined by various factors, principally the location of points of potential conflict, as well...
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rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to...
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Railway signals in Germany are regulated by the Eisenbahn-Signalordnung (ESO, railway signalling rules). There are several signalling systems in use,...
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Australian railway signalling varies between the States of Australia, because the individual States are responsible for the railway systems within their...
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Japanese railway signals, according to the ministerial decree defining technical standards of railways (鉄道に関する技術上の基準を定める省令, Tetsudō ni kansuru gijutsu...
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In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single...
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General Railway Signal Company (GRS) was an American manufacturing company located in the Rochester, New York area. GRS was focused on railway signaling equipment...
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The Polish (PKP) railway signalling system provides a complex outlook of traffic situations, yet is quite easy to understand. Signals can be divided into...
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The signalling system used on the standard-gauge railway network in Sweden is based on that of the traditional mechanical semaphore signals. Currently...
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Swiss railway signalling describes the railway signalling systems used in Switzerland by the different railway companies. There are two main types of signal...
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The current French railway signalling system is in force on the Réseau Ferré de France (now SNCF Réseau) since 1930, when the code Verlant was applied...
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The Pass of Brander stone signals, also known as Anderson's Piano, are a series of railway signals situated in the Pass of Brander, between Loch Awe and...
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Semaphore (section Railway signal)
when arranged in visually connected networks, or for traffic signalling such as in railway systems, or traffic lights in cities. The Phryctoriae were a...
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Cab signaling is a railway safety system that communicates track status and condition information to the cab, crew compartment or driver's compartment...
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Telegraphy (redirect from Telegraphic signal)
Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, initially used mostly as an aid to railway signalling. This was quickly followed by a different system developed in the...
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The Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) is a central engineering services group A cadre of the Indian railways. The officers of this service...
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Level crossing (redirect from Crossing signal)
At-grade railway Billups Neon Crossing Signal Boom barrier Breakover angle Crossbuck Four-quadrant gate Grade separation Level crossing signals Lists of...
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Round. The story is told from a fictional first-person perspective. The railway signal-man of the title tells the narrator of an apparition that has been haunting...
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China Railway Signal & Communication (CRSC) is a Chinese company specializing in train control systems, such as signals. The company was established by...
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The Italian railway signalling currently in use, employed on the Italian national railway network, is regulated by the "Regulation on signals" (Regolamento...
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The current Dutch railway signalling system operated by ProRail has been in effect since 1954 on the Dutch Railways network. It was designed to be one...
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overlap in railway signalling is the length of track beyond a stop signal that is proved to be clear of vehicles in the controls of the previous signal, as a...
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Switch & Signal (commonly referred to as US&S) was an American company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which focused on railway signaling equipment...
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Railway signals in China are based on OSShD signals used by 25 countries of the former USSR, eastern Europe and adjacent countries. There are four observer...
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railroad signaling. For a more technical look at how signals actually work, see North American railway signaling. There are two main types of signaling aspect...
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