List of rail diagrams

List of rail diagrams includes:

Platforms

Image:Platforms Side Turnback 3EH.jpg|East Hills Turnback Image:Platforms Olympic Park Sydney.svg |Olympic Park balloon loop Image:Single side platform diagram.svg|Side platform on single bidirectional line Image:Side platforms on double line diagram.svg|Side platform on double line Image:Island platform on double line diagram.svg|Island platform on double line Image:Platform types.png|Three different platform types at one station Image:How many platforms.svg|A diagram showing the different meanings of the word "platform" in the context of a railway station. The fictional station has
1) island platform (green)
2) platform FACES/platform tracks (blue)
3) independently signalable platforms (purple)
4) designated platforms (red) Image:Revesby Turnback Stage 1.jpg

Signals

Image:Signal Home Semaphore R & G.svg|British Semaphore Home Signal Image:Signal Distant Semaphore Y & G.svg|British Semaphore Distant Signal Image:Signal Home & Distant Semaphore RYG.svg|British Semaphore Home & Distant Signal since 1923

Image:Signal Home NSW.svg|NSW Semaphore Home Signal Image:Signal Distant NSW.svg|NSW Semaphore Distant Signal Image:Signal Home & Distant NSW.svg|NSW Semaphore Home & Distant Signal - applies to Britain before 1923

Image:Speed Signals Page_1.jpg|Caltrain Speed Signals Pg. 1 Image:Speed Signals Page_2.jpg|Caltrain Speed Signals Pg. 2 Image:Speed Signals Page_3.jpg|Caltrain Speed Signals Pg. 3 Image:Speed Signals Page_4.jpg|Caltrain Speed Signals Pg. 4

Germany

Image:Hp0_Form.svg|Semaphore Home Signal: Stop Image:Hp1_Form.svg|Semaphore Home Signal: Proceed Image:Hp2_Form.svg|Semaphore Home Signal: Proceed at reduced speed

Image:Hp0_Nacht.svg|Semaphore Home Signal at night: Stop Image:Hp1_Nacht.svg|Semaphore Home Signal at night: Proceed Image:Hp2_Nacht.svg|Semaphore Home Signal at night: Proceed at reduced speed

Image:Hp0_Licht.svg|Light Home Signal: Stop Image:Hp1_Licht.svg|Light Home Signal: Proceed Image:Hp2_Licht.svg|Light Home Signal: Proceed at reduced speed

Image:Vr0_Form.svg|Semaphore Distant Signal: Expect Stop Image:Vr1_Form.svg|Semaphore Distant Signal: Expect Proceed Image:Vr2_Form.svg|Semaphore Distant Signal: Expect Proceed at reduced speed

Image:Vr0_Nacht.svg|Semaphore Distant Signal at night: Expect Stop Image:Vr1_Nacht.svg|Semaphore Distant Signal at night: Expect Proceed Image:Vr2_Nacht.svg|Semaphore Distant Signal at night: Expect Proceed at reduced speed

Image:Vr0_Licht.svg|Light Distant Signal: Expect Stop Image:Vr1_Licht.svg|Light Distant Signal: Expect Proceed Image:Vr2_Licht.svg|Light Distant Signal: Expect Proceed at reduced speed

Image:Zs1.png|Additional signal Zs1: Backup signal Image:Zs2.png|Additional signal Zs2: Indicates direction Image:Zs2v.png|Additional signal Zs2v: Expect Zs2

Image:Zs3.png|Additional signal Zs3: Speed limit Image:Zs3v.png|Additional signal Zs3v: Expect speed limit Image:Zs6.png|Additional signal Zs6: Change to left track

Image:Zs7.png|Additional signal Zs7: Another backup signal Image:Zs8.png|Additional signal Zs8: Change to left track Image:Zs10.png|Additional signal Zs10: Speed limit lifted

Image:Nebensignale.svg|Ne-signals Image:WrongTrack.svg|Signalling, when right track is blocked Image:Entering Station.svg|Different styles of signalling when entering a station

Image:GermanRailwaySignallingWest1.svg|Shunting signal merged into main signal Image:GermanRailwaySignallingWest2.svg|Backup signal merged into main signal; cosmetic change

Accidents

Image:Norton Fitzwarren crash (1940) diagram.svg|Norton Fitzwarren rail crash (1940) site

Locomotives

Image:Meyer loco.png|Meyer locomotive articulation Image:Mallet loco.png|Mallet locomotive articulation Image:Garratt loco.png|Garratt locomotive

Stations

Image:Turnback Centre Road 4 Tracks.jpg|Kingsgrove Image:Four Tracks Paired by Use.jpg|Four Tracks Paired by Use Image:Four Tracks Paired by Use SIS.jpg|Four Tracks Paired by Use Image:Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Fast in Centre.jpg|Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Fast in Centre Image:Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Slow in Centre.jpg|Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Slow in Centre - convenient for terminating slow trains track centres arranged to suit signals located on the ground Image:Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Platforms in Centre.jpg|Four Tracks Paired by Direction - Slow in Centre - convenient for terminating slow trains track centres arranged to suit signals located on the ground Image:Aldwych branch (en).svg|The Aldwych branch of the London Underground Piccadilly Line Image:NCC Killagan sigs r.jpg|Killagan Station on the Northern Counties Committee - Signalling diagram of crossing loop with fast line

Stations with Turnbacks

Image:Island Platform with Centre Turnback Siding MPL.jpg|Island Platform with Centre Turnback Siding - Martin Place

Image:Station Layout Cronulla.gif|Track centres between the sidings are a wide 6.5m to allow crew and cleaners to walk safely between the tracks.

Image:Revesby Turnback Stage 1.jpg|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.

Terminals

Access

Image:Easy Access for Wheelchairs No.jpg|1 - No Wheelchair access Image:Easy Access for Wheelchairs Planned.jpg|2 - Planned Wheelchair access Image:Easy Access for Wheelchairs Assisted.jpg|3 - Assisted Wheelchair access Image:Easy Access for Wheelchairs Yes.jpg|4 - With Wheelchair access

There are four levels of easy access for wheelchairs.

1. Not available
2. Planned or under construction
3. Available with assistance
4. Available in full

Cascade Tunnel

Image:Cascade Tunnel 1 as built.jpg|Cascade Tunnel 1 as built Image:Cascade Tunnel 1 might be built.jpg|Cascade Tunnel as might have been

Other

Image:Crossing Loop - Main & Loop Working.jpg|Crossing Loop with Main & Loop Working Image:Crossing Loop - Platform & Through Working.jpg|Crossing Loop Platform & Through Working Image:Diamond Crossing Dual Gauge Double Line.jpg|Diamond Crossing Dual Gauge - double line sketch Image:Diamond Crossing Dual Gauge Double Line.png|Diamond Crossing Dual Gauge - double line sketch Image:Turnouts Facing & Trailing.jpg|Examples of facing and trailing turnouts, and diamond crossings Image:Wye.png|A wye Image:Rail-cross-section-amoswolfe.gif|Cross-section diagram of rails - bullhead rails sit in chairs and do not rest directly on the sleepers. Image:Double Junction A with Diamond.JPG|Double junction with diamond crossing Image:Catch points diagram.svg|Catch points Image:Bristol diamond junction diagram.png|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. Image:Railroad switch labelled.png|Railroad switch (railway points) Image:Railroad switch animation.gif|Operation of a railroad switch

See also

• Railway signalling