JMRI: DB HV System 1969
This directory contains signaling definitions corresponding to the 1969 DB "Einheitsbauform".This is the Home signal/Distant signal (Hauptsignal/Vorsignal) system revised in 1969.
You can find more information in this Bahn Statistik reproduction of the SignalBuch DB DS301 from 15 December 1959.
English information available in Wolfgang Meyenberg's sh1 page.
The wikipedia has also some english information in its German railway signalling page.
For a visual description of aspects via java applets see the excellent Christoph Schmitz Signalling page.
For a historical view of signals evolution please see J. B. Calvert introduction to German and Austrian Signalling.
See the aspect page.
Signal Mast definitions:
- Block signal
- Distant signal
- Distant signal at short distance from main signal
- Distant signal repeater
- Block signal with distant signal
- Block signal with distant signal at short distance from main signal
- Entry signal
- Entry signal with distant signal
- Entry signal with distant signal at short distance from main signal
- Exit signal
- Exit signal with distant signal
- Exit signal with distant signal at short distance from main signal
- Shunting signal
- Shunting dwarf signal