From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 19:33:42 +0000, Charles Ellson    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:48:14 -0600, Larry Sheldon   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>I have come to the conclusion that I really don't what a "home signal"   
   >>is and the on-line dictionaries don't seem a to match (or "support") any   
   >>of the things I thought--whatever that might mean.   
   >>   
   >It seems to be roughly the same on both sids of the pond :- "This is   
   >the first stop signal on approach to a station without an outer home   
   >signal."   
   >[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-signal2.html]   
   >   
   >It maybe makes more sense in the historic concept of each station   
   >having its own signal box rather than having a widespread area with   
   >several stations under centralised control and the signals controlling   
   >the progress of trains along the whole line instead of station by   
   >station.   
   >   
   Aaargh! Wrong pond, I thought those were US signals at the top and   
   didn't notice it was an Indian website. However "Classic Railroad   
   Signals: Semaphores, Searchlights, and Towers" by Brian Solomon (via   
   Google Books) suggests that it is still much the same explanation.   
      
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