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block signal
noun
- a fixed railroad signal governing the movements of trains entering and using a given section of track.
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- block signaling noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of block signal1
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Example Sentences
The scuttlebug automatically reversed and began slowing for the end of its run—tripped by a block signal set in the ribbon cable.
Trains moving on caution card must expect to find main track occupied at all stations regardless of the position of block signal.
But this time it falls harmless as one of Chauncey Depew's periodical four-track, block-signal presidential booms.
The sergeant's hand snapped up to salute like a block signal.
The block signal even with the train staff or the train tablet is far from perfect.
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