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368: 527: 213: 452: 500:, a whistle board is a black triangle with a white border, pointing downwards. Whistle boards before level crossings have an additional sign, a yellow square with a black V. If the trains are supposed to sound the horn at daytime only (between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.) there is another additional sign, rectangular and black/white. For a level crossing, the horn signal is a three-second blast at the whistle board and a three-second blast between the board and the crossing. 284: 22: 167: 411:" Rule # 14(l) – Approaching public crossings at grade, to be prolonged or repeated until crossing is reached unless otherwise provided". This rule is applied in almost all U.S. railroad operating rule books. This signal is to be prolonged or repeated until the engine or train occupies the crossing; or, where multiple crossing are involved, until the last crossing is occupied. 119: 357: 475:
whistle board associated with a level crossing depicts the silhouette of a car in the middle of the triangle is no longer used to whistle before level crossings, it only warns train driver that train is approaching secured level crossing. Trains must whistle only when approaching
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A yellow diamond with black edges, Signal 67, or one of its varieties, is placed 250–500 metres before halts and level crossings, where the public is not otherwise warned about approaching trains. The signal is a two to three-second blast with the horn.
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There are some variant of the sign. One with thick line below the character is usually installed before the level crossing, another without the line is installed within some yard nearby local villages.
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with a white or reflective yellow X. In Queensland, A whistle post is mounted on a metal pole or old rail. The board is a flattened white triangle with rounded edges and a black W.
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and other places where the driver must sound one long whistle. Estonian whistle posts are inverted pear-shaped white plates, the lower third of which is green.
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boards, it warns train driver that train is approaching level crossing that is not secured or not included in station or line interlocking devices.
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below a diagonal cross. The driver must sound the horn continuously on the approach to the level crossing ahead.
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whistle board for road level crossings not secured or not included in station or line interlocking devices
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Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee (2008). "19. Engine Whistle or Horn Signals".
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The signs in themselves varied in design from railroad to railroad. Some were marked with
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Trafikverkets trafikbestämmelser för järnväg (TTJ) Modul 3: Signaler - Gemensamma regler
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sign, that sign only applies to trains that are not stopping ahead (e.g. at a halt).
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whistle board comprises a white triangle with a black border. Since June 2020 a
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on a black background. Two boards, one above the other, means "whistle twice".
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Rules for Conducting Transportation: The Official Employee Operators Manual
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is the 'continuous' whistle board, comprising a white rectangle with the
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Where an additional sign with two vertical stripes is mounted above the '
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The sign on a Queensland whistle post on the old Gibson Island line
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and subway systems utilize a black square with the kanji "
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A Regulation and Order on Railway Operation in Thailand
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