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If you can't find the books above, try to get the December, 2002 Model Railroader article about Understanding Railroad Signals.  It's a very good primer to what can be an extremely complex subject. There are different types of signals, such as the old semaphores, color-light signals that look like modern traffic signals, and searchlight signals.  Look in the Walthers catalog (or web site). There are also different types of systems, with protection from the basics to full CTC systems invoving a dispatcher setting routes. And, of course,  prototype railroads used them all a bit differently. For modelling, there are, of course, also many options, from very basic to very complex  computer-controlled systems.  Probably the best known is Bruce Chubb's C/MRI (Computer to Model Railroad Interface) system, which I use, with circuit boards designed by him for just that purpose.  There was a 4-part series in the January through April, 2004 issues of MR. I'd suggest trying to find a club layout in your area -- if it doesn't have a signalling system, I'll bet some of the members do.  Most likely, there are different styles and types, along with various opinions about what's "best". A couple of web sites: Bruce Chubb's JLC enterprises: [url]http://www.jlcenterprises.net/index.htm[/url] The C/MRI User Group: [url]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CMRI_Users/[/url]
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