Cab ride: Albion to Southern Cross Melbourne

[JCitron]

Interesting cab ride. The signals are North American General Rail Signal design.

 

[pware]

The signals are North American General Rail Signal design.

I find the Victorian Railways signalling system confusing - it is a mixture of British route signalling and US speed signalling - but that is probably because I do not live in Victoria. The colours displayed on normal (non-junction) running signals indicate the speed allowed for the next block.

Here in New South Wales the railway signalling system is a mixture of route and block signalling. The colours displayed on normal (non-junction) running signals indicates the status of the blocks ahead and the state of the next signal.

 

[JCitron]

I find the Victorian Railways signalling system confusing - it is a mixture of British route signalling and US speed signalling - but that is probably because I do not live in Victoria. The colours displayed on normal (non-junction) running signals indicate the speed allowed for the next block.

Here in New South Wales the railway signalling system is a mixture of route and block signalling. The colours displayed on normal (non-junction) running signals indicates the status of the blocks ahead and the state of the next signal.

I agree it is confusing. I noticed that this was speed signaling based on the codes which I am familiar with, although the rules used east of Chicago are different than those west of the river with many variations in between with signals also designating the routing as well as the speed on one system while the other is strictly speed.

From what I've learned, thanks to the Trainz forums and Trainz itself, the system used in NSW makes sense to me as well.