European Railroad Discussion > Switzerland: Use of Lights?

While developing more pics fro 4rail.net Swiss gallery I noticed that many of the trains parked at Zürich station have only one running light on. Which lead to think what other modes would the Swiss have? 

Incidentally the same lighting in Sweden, Estonia and Latvia seems to mean that the locomotive is actually switching :D

Thanks for any directions on the light's usage!

In the pictures: 
1) LOK2000 program Re460 #014 and ICN tilting EMU #041 in Zürich.
2) "Classic" still unrebuilt Re4/4 (4 axles, 4 powered) #11193.  

 

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I believe that a single light is used if the engine (and train) are baking out from the stub station. If the engine is on the back of a push-pull composition, a red light (part of the lower left light) is displayed. Front light is always three lights.

Thomas Eckhardt

Thank you Thomas! Looks very much like what Sweden is using these days (with some national flavors to make these both slightly different, byt just slightly). 

So when the units go online again they change to red tailing lights where we are looking at instead of one bright light used at the station. 

This single rear-facing light used to be termed the Rücklicht, and a search for "SBB Rücklicht" will turn up appropriate pages.

However, I note that the current Federal regulation covering railway signals, BAV R300.2 [ which is available on the internet, and covers ALL wayside, hand, audible, usw signals ] and which was revised earlier this year, seems to have clarified and simplified things somewhat:   Pushpull trains are treated the same as multiple units, that is they display the single white light to the rear.  A "conventional" locomotive hauled train on the other hand would still display a red light or similar to the rear.

So:  When did the Falschfahrtsignal [ = running against the direction of normal traffic ] of red over two white disappear on SBB ?    Does DB AG still use this ?

Best rgds, SZ

Edited to add:   Note that 11193 has brought in a conventional [ loco hauled ] train, has uncoupled, and will proceed out of the station once the train has departed.  This would be a shunting move, as distinct from a "train", say;  hence, on the rear one white light is shown [ as pictured ] , while on the leading end only the two lower lights will be illuminated.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/15 14:23 by Steinzeit.

Steinzeit Wrote:
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> So:  When did the Falschfahrtsignal [ = running
> against the direction of normal traffic ] of red
> over two white disappear on SBB ?    Does DB
> AG still use this ?

DB removed the "Flaschfahrtsignal" Zg2 and Zg102 from the signal code book in March 1972.

E111
 

E111, thank you -- I didn't realize it was that early.

With best regards, SZ