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It is a fair walk, but at least the map perfectly clearly indicates this, being as it is geographic. Unlike Bank/Monument which looks shorter but actually takes longer from Circle/District to Central - or, even worse, W&C. For the novices, yes I guess the NYC subway can be a little confusing...

I don't know of *disc* repeaters/distants, but *colour light* ground signal repeaters certainly exist - I can think of one at Temple Mills and one at Dagenham Dock, for starters. Geoff M.

ELR codes refer to a set of tracks (or a right-of-way between a pair of places); a timetable line code refers to a single track (or may be a pair if not bi-di or reversible). So while BML2 indicates the route via Southampton, it means nothing to the signaller as he wants to know which *line* to...

Just looked it up - RCL is reception line. Odd as most other regions use REC. But then the Southern never did conform to anything else! Geoff M.

I was hoping you would know! RCL is the line code which appears to be specified for all trains from/to the north/west going via the arrival/departure line at Redbridge. The timing and coding rules probably specifies it (can be found by Googling). Geoff M.

Probably just a keen signaller, getting the barriers down in plenty of time. I sat at Canley level crossing (now gone) and waited for 3 down trains to pass, followed by one up train. All the down trains stopped at Coventry as well! Regarding timetables, it seems there are up to 12 a day now...

There are express trains which skip several stops to get passengers around faster and confuse tourists. Only if you're incapable of reading a map - I never had a problem, neither did any of the blonde females with me. There are no train describers. So people peer down the tunnels looking for...

Oh, I wasn't expecting you to rely on that information! If I get a chance, I'll look up the current timetable. Geoff M.

Doing a query on a 2005 timetable, I've found the following non-definitive list of (a) trains from Totton via the Down into Southampton MCT; and (b) trains from Romsey via 579 crossover into MCT: 4B32 MO Marchwood FLT, arr 1022 (a) 4B34 MO Marchwood FLT, arr 1212 (a) 4B38 MO Fawley Esso...

Guess I should have looked at a map first - got the platforms mixed up. There is indeed no access from P4 to P2 directly - though it could be done with one cab change. Now I'm trying desperately to remember something odd I saw in the trackwork while visiting both the old box and the new box a...

I think Quail pre-dates Bournemouth re-signalling? Geoff M.

Yes, EH804, a two-aspect red/green semi-automatic signal (I assume you mean the Up rather than the Down). As the ground frame lies in the overlap of said signal, the signal in rear (ignoring the repeater) is also a semi-automatic. Geoff M.

The ground frame is (or at least was a few years ago!) still there. Number 676, released from Eastleigh, with 2 levers - presumably a release lever and a points lever. Geoff M.

Yes, 786 is a two-aspect yellow/red signal and is automatic, though I suspect it only shows yellow when a route is set in rear from 982/780/782/784. 862 (on the Up Test Valley) also has a slotted sub, with the same three theatre indications as 774. The main route (to 772) has no route...

I didn't do that sim so I can be fairly independant. However, the sim does appear to be correct from the diagrams I have (though they are a few years old now). They show the signal (774) having a fixed red, a subsidiary (slotted), and a theatre box with three indications - X for down main, H for...

Indeed, so why argue in the first place? I suggest we leave it. My full time job is producing formally approved signalling simulations for Network Rail. That involves working through the interlocking data - control tables, aspect sequence charts, etc. Believe me when I say signallers are...

Um... you did! I didn't make it up! I simply outlined the normal signal sequence at a junction equipped with 4 aspect flashing yellow signals as it is set out in the Rule Book. That's correct, I was just suggesting that it is not necessarily at red. True in that it varies, but the...

It's a shame. I can't think why that wouldn't work as there's nothing special about the windowed mode - it's simply TextOut which calls a bog standard Windows function. Thanks for the info anyway. Geoff M.

Can't say I'm impressed - huge trunks of blue cabling coming out of the containers (8 per 4-aspect signal; more if route indicators), unreliable axle counters that can't... um... count, and 3 people controlling a small lump of railway that 2 people used to be able to control - that's progress...

Sorry, but that's incorrect. The first signal on the diverging route is not held at red - the junction signal might *imply* a red but it doesn't mean there *is* a red. Of course, local conditions might require it to be red at the time (another train in front, a controlled signal with no route...