List of rail diagrams
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List of rail diagrams includes:
Contents |
[edit] Platforms
 East Hills Turnback |
 Olympic Park balloon loop |
 Side platform on single bidirectional line |
 Side platform on double line |
 Island platform on double line |
 Three different platform types at one station |
* 1 island platform (green)
* 2 platform faces/platform tracks (blue)
* 3 independently signalable platforms (purple)
* 4 designated platforms (red)
[edit] Signals
 British Semaphore Home Signal |
 British Semaphore Distant Signal |
 British Semaphore Home & Distant Signal since 1923 |
 NSW Semaphore Home Signal |
 NSW Semaphore Distant Signal |
 NSW Semaphore Home & Distant Signal - applies to Britain before 1923 |
[edit] Germany
 Semaphore Home Signal: Stop |
 Semaphore Home Signal: Proceed |
 Semaphore Home Signal: Proceed at reduced speed |
 Semaphore Home Signal at night: Stop |
 Semaphore Home Signal at night: Proceed |
 Semaphore Home Signal at night: Proceed at reduced speed |
 Light Home Signal: Stop |
 Light Home Signal: Proceed |
 Light Home Signal: Proceed at reduced speed |
 Semaphore Distant Signal: Expect Stop |
 Semaphore Distant Signal: Expect Proceed |
 Semaphore Distant Signal: Expect Proceed at reduced speed |
 Semaphore Distant Signal at night: Expect Stop |
 Semaphore Distant Signal at night: Expect Proceed |
 Semaphore Distant Signal at night: Expect Proceed at reduced speed |
 Light Distant Signal: Expect Stop |
 Light Distant Signal: Expect Proceed |
 Light Distant Signal: Expect Proceed at reduced speed |
 Additional signal Zs1: Backup signal |
 Additional signal Zs2: Indicates direction |
 Additional signal Zs2v: Expect Zs2 |
 Additional signal Zs3: Speed limit |
 Additional signal Zs3v: Expect speed limit |
 Additional signal Zs6: Change to left track |
 Additional signal Zs7: Another backup signal |
 Additional signal Zs8: Change to left track |
 Additional signal Zs10: Speed limit lifted |
[edit] India
These Multi Aspect Colour Light signals are based on British practice.
These Multi Aspect Upper Quadrant signals are based on American practice.
[edit] Accidents
[edit] Locomotives
 Meyer locomotive articulation |
 Mallet locomotive articulation |
 Garratt locomotive |
[edit] Stations
 Kingsgrove |
 Four Tracks Paired by Use |
 Four Tracks Paired by Use |
 Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Fast in Centre |
 Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Slow in Centre - convenient for terminating slow trains track centres arranged to suit signals located on the ground |
 Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Slow in Centre - convenient for terminating slow trains track centres arranged to suit signals located on the ground |
 The Aldwych branch of the London Underground Piccadilly Line |
[edit] Stations with Turnbacks
 Island Platform with Centre Turnback Siding - Martin Place |
 Track centres between the sidings are a wide 6.5m to allow crew and cleaners to walk safely between the tracks. |
 Station with two through platforms and a Centre turnback platform - Revesby - under construction. |
At Martin Place the track centres are very wide, and no slews are required to make room for either the platform or the turnback siding, which are in any case all in tunnel. The advantage of a centre turnback, is that a train can enter or leave the turnback without blocking the opposite track. Compare this with the less satisfactory arrangement at East Hills.
[edit] Terminals
[edit] Access
 1 - No Wheelchair access |
 2 - Planned Wheelchair access |
 3 - Assisted Wheelchair access |
 4 - With Wheelchair access |
There are four levels of easy access for wheelchairs.
- Not available
- Planned or under construction
- Available with assistance
- Available in full
[edit] Cascade Tunnel
 Cascade Tunnel 1 as built |
 Cascade Tunnel as might have been |
[edit] Other
 Crossing Loop with Main & Loop Working |
 Crossing Loop Platform & Through Working |
 Diamond Crossing Dual Gauge - double line sketch |
 Diamond Crossing Dual Gauge - double line sketch |
 Examples of facing and trailing turnouts, and diamond crossings |
 A wye |
 Cross-section diagram of rails - bullhead rails sit in chairs and do not rest directly on the sleepers. |
 Double junction with diamond crossing |
 Catch points |
 A diagram of the diamond railway junction of on the northern edge of Bristol, comprising (clockwise from the north) Patchway Junction, Stoke Gifford Junction, Filton Junction and Filton West Junction. |
 Railroad switch (railway points) |
 Operation of a railroad switch |
