More often than not, railfan's find themselves depending on signal aspects. In Northern West Virginia, up until a few years ago, all signals were the classic B&O style color position. With the closing of several towers and the simplification of interlockings, new C&O style signals have began to take their place - in Grafton and east to Blazer, WV. In order to help railfans make the transition to these new styles - Webmasters Note: I know several times I've misread the new signals and missed a train entirely - here are CSX signal operating rules and aspect graphics. In order to see what the signal looks like, click on the hyperlink in the ASPECT column. Only signals found through this region are shown.
 

Rule Number	Signal Aspect	Name	Indication
C-281	Signal Aspect	CLEAR	Proceed
C-281-B	Signal Aspect	APPROACH LIMITED	Proceed, approaching next signal not exceeding Limited Speed
C-281-C	Signal Aspect	LIMITED CLEAR	Limited Speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings and over poweroperated switches; then proceed
C-281-D	Signal Aspect	LIMITED APPROACH	Limited Speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings, and over power-operated switches; the proceed prepared to stop at the next signal
C-282	Signal Aspect	APPROACH MEDIUM	Proceed, approaching next signal not exceeding Medium Speed
C-283	Signal Aspect	MEDIUM CLEAR	Medium Speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings and over power-operated switches; then proceed
C-283-A	Signal Aspect	MEDIUM APPROACH MEDIUM	Medium Speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings and over power-operated switches; then proceed approaching next signal not exceeding Medium Speed
C-283-B	Signal Aspect	MEDIUM APPROACH SLOW	Medium Speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings and over power-operated switches; then proceed approaching next signal not exceeding Slow Speed
C-284	Signal Aspect	APPROACH SLOW	Proceed, approaching next signal not exceeding Slow Speed
C-285	Signal Aspect	APPROACH	Proceed prepared to stop at the next signal. Trains exceeding medium spped must immediately begin reduction to medium speed as soon as the engines passes the Approach Signal.
C-285-A	Signal Aspect	DISTANT SIGNAL	Approach next signal prepared to stop.
C-286	Signal Aspect	MEDIUM APPROACH	Medium Speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings and over power-operated switches; then proceed prepared to stop at next signal
C-287	Signal Aspect	SLOW CLEAR	Slow Speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings and over power-operated switches; then proceed
C-287-A	Signal Aspect	SLOW APPROACH SLOW	Slow Speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings and over power-operated switches; then proceed approaching next signal not exceeding Slow Speed
C-288	Signal Aspect	SLOW APPROACH	Slow Speed through turnouts, crossovers, sidings and over power-operated switches; then proceed prepared to stop at next signal
C-290	Signal Aspect	RESTRICTING	Proceed at Restricted Speed
C-291	Signal Aspect	STOP AND PROCEED	STOP, Then Proceed at Restricted Speed
C-292	Signal Aspect	STOP	Stop
C-295	Signal Aspect	APP MARKER	Proceed Approaching next signal as authorized by the aspect displayed. If signal is dark, proceed prepared to stop at next signal until it can be plainly seen that indication of next signal allows train to proceed
C-298	Signal Aspect	GRADE	Proceed at Restricted Speed

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