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Hello group the reply above i gave was the BNSF signal guide other roads are somewhat diferent thak Chicago we play delevery boy to all of the Chicago railroads we carry the CORA guide for the signals on all of the Chicago roads as some of the railroads operate using the NORAC rules it can get a little confusing at times there as our medium speed is different form theres our approach limited is yellow over flashing green which means proceed prepaired to pass next signal not exceeding 60 mph and to advance on diverging route <br />advance approach yellow over green or yellow over green over red means proceed prepaired to pass next signal not exceeding 50 mph and to advance on diverging route <br />the above i gave was for high speed crossovers <br />flashing yellow or flashing yellow over red or flashing yellow over dark or double yellow or double yellow over red approach medium means proceed prepaired to pass next signal not exceeding 40 mph and be prepaired to enter diverging route at prescribed speed <br />yellow over lunar or yellow over lunar over red approach restricting mean proceed prepaired to pass next signal at restricted speed 20 mph or less <br />yellow or yellow over red or yellow over red over red yellow over dark or yellow over drrk over dark or yellow over drak over red or dark over yellow approach proceed prepaired to stop at next signal trains exceeding 30 mph immediately reduce to that speed <br />red over green or red over green over red or red over red over green or red over green over dark diverging clear proceed on diverging route not exceeding prescribed speed thruogh turnout <br />red over yellow over yellow diverging approach diverging mean proceed on diverging route not exceeding prescribed speed through turnout prepaired to advance on diverging route at the next signal not exceeding prescribed speed thorugh turnout <br />red over flashing yellow or red over flashing yellow over red diverging approach medium means proceed on diverging route not exceeding prescribed speed through turnout prepaired to pass next swignal not eceddding 35 mph <br />red over yellow or red over yellow over red or red over red over yellow or red over yellow over dark diverging approach means proceed on diverging route not exceeding perscribed speed through turnout approach next signal prepairing to stop if exceeding 30 mph immediately reduce to that speed <br />CTC has more signals than ABS but they all mean the same to the operating crews. Rodney
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