On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Roland Perry wrote:

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.

True, but in the case we're talking about, they might well be left
pointing at Uxbridge!

tom

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