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Technical Meeting Papers

Technical Meetings are held three times per year.  Papers are available here for download.  You must be logged in to be able to download content.

Malcolm Lauder

The time for a wholistic approach to delivery of Train Control Systems is nigh !

Mike Garrett

Airtrain Citylink is a Queensland company formed specifically to undertake the development and operation of a rail link between Brisbane Airport and the city of Brisbane on a

Richard Stepniewski

Alstom's VDU Control System, called SigView, was successfully commissioned at Blacktown, in two stages as part of the Blacktown Resignalling Project:

- Stage

John Furness & John Clarke

ABB Engineering Construction are responsible for maintaining various components of the Victorian Rail system on behalf of the newly franchised businesses.

Andrew Blakeley-Smith & Paul Webb

This paper describes the background, evolution, design and construction of a network of Hot Bearing and Hot Wheel Detectors (HBD/HWD) and a Wheel

JT Skilton

Signalling systems within Tranz Rail which require control from a remote location can be classified into three types, Centralised Traffic Control (CTC), remote controlled

Wayne McDonald

Computer based interlockings today must be adaptable to the vastly different environments found in the many rail networks throughout the world. This paper overviews some of

Peter Brock, Frank Ebzery & Bruce McMurtrie

The construction of the Year 2000 Olympic facilities and the relocation of the Royal Agricultural Show Grounds Homebush Bay requires the

AG Mayne

The preceding paper illustrates only too well how a railway was built fifty years ago and the changes in construction between then and now. By the same token the relative demands

Steven Boldeman

The role of the signal designer varies significantly for designs generated at different stages of the product lifecycle. The development of a project, especially a large

Zhe Xu (David)

An Overlap is a safety buffer beyond the end of a train movement authority to allow the train to come to a safe stop, it serves as a final safeguard for maintaining

Luke King

The increasing trend in the complexity of systems poses challenges to project delivery. The use of Systems Engineering (SE) in general, and the use of Model Based Systems

Alex McGrath and Karl Tivan

Like many long-lived railways, V/Line works with a collection of inherited, evolved and entangled legacy communications equipment. Starting in 2009, the

Trevor Moore

The type approval of signalling equipment has been a common practice for over 50 years. Each railway organisation has been conducting the type approval assessments to

Paul Szacsvay

Dr William Robinson (1841 – 1921) named by the Signal Section of the American Railway Association to be ‘the father of automatic block signalling”, is without doubt the most

Jeanette Aitken

Significant value can be gained from making mistakes in a supportive training environment, focusing on feedback and reflection. We look at how different mindsets can shape

Richard Stephens

Part of achieving a safe and efficient railway is the competence and capability of those who design, construct, test and maintain the railway control systems. The

Aaron Fraser

This paper examines the benefits of integrating operational control systems and functions into a single platform, providing a fully integrated user interface to enable

Stewart Rendell

This paper aims to explore some of the technology options that are available now – considering pros and cons of each, and, looks to challenge the more traditional thinking

Steven Boldeman & Richard Mifsud

This paper reviews and discusses the differences and similarities between these two processes.