Home signals

[NW Mailing List]

Not sure what a "straight Stop indication" is, but a home signal, 
controlled or automatic, is that which is immediate to the feature it 
governs. Usually this is a block or a junction, so most signals are home 
signals. Yes, the home signals for Elkhorn Tunnel are similar to the 
Ingleside signals. Instead of a grade/curve situation, Stop and Stay 
automatics are used to prevent a train from entering a 7100' tunnel on a 
Stop and Proceed signal.

Grant Carpenter

On 6/3/2015 1:53 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> Home Signal is one I can think of. Home signal to me does not define 
> an actual control point, but a signal at which you will get a straight 
> Stop indication. The signals we are talking about are Automatic Home 
> Signals there are signals just like these at Elkhorn Tunnel governing 
> movements into the tunnel.
>
> Nathan
>
> On 6/3/2015 07:00, NW Mailing List wrote:
>> Real railroaders, help me out here - is there a better term for this 
>> than 'stop and stay automatic'? 
>