In message , at
00:46:42 on Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Tom Anderson
remarked:
I'd be more concerned about the points, though. Signals may not exactly
be required, but they are there for a reason.

There's no particular reason why they would be left pointing into a
siding, but even if they were I'm sure the train crew would have a way
to shift them back to the through line.
--
Roland Perry