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pdf0 2014 - March - Blakeley-Smith - Forty Years of 25 kV Electrification in Australia

Andrew Blakeley-Smith BSc (Hons), MIEAust, MIRSE


Director, Andrew Blakeley-Smith & Associates

The first 25kV system planning in Australia started in 1974 for Adelaide but the

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Size 1.87 MB
pdf1 2009 - April - Bartlett - Port River Expressway Road and Rail Bridges Project Overview and its Challenges

David Bartlett B.E, B.Ec

Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure

The Port River Expressway (PRExy) opening bridges are the centre piece of a significant upgrading

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Size 628.79 KB
pdf2 1993 - Nov - Taylor - Alternative Safe Working (ASW) Development & Operations

Maurice Taylor

Project Safeworking Officer A.S.W.

A large part of our responsibility as Train Controllers has been to influence the design of the system to suit the operator.

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Size 199.33 KB
pdf3 1987 - March - Small - Overview of North Island Main Truck Electrification

A.F. SMALL, M.E. Ph.D C. Eng., M.LC.E, M.NZ.LR, F.C.I.T.

GROUP MANAGER (PREIGET BUSINESS GROUP) NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS CORPOMTION

The electrification of the North island Main

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Size 853.5 KB
pdf4 1996 - March - Lam - An Overview of the MTR New Automatic Train Control System

L.Y. Lam MSc, CEng, MIEE, MIRSE, MIEAust

The Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation

The Mass Transit Railway employs a speed code fixed block signalling system which is a

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Size 436.83 KB
pdf5 2007 - July - Samaan -A Position Paper on Software Validation and Dependability for Safety Critical Systems

Noel Samaan, PhD Senior Member IEEE (USA), Member IEE (UK), CPEng

R&D Software Systems Group Ansaldo STS

As the reliance on software is significantly increasing in railway

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Size 130.95 KB
pdf6 1998 - July - Cockram - Keynote Address - Down the Privatisation Road

FC Cockram Corporate Relations Manager

Tranz Rail Ltd

 



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pdf7 1984 - March - Hamersley Iron - Railway Signals & Communications Departme



Size 718.57 KB
pdf8 2000 - March - Detering - Transport Reform in Victoria

R.H.Detering FIRSE

Rahden Pty Ltd

The provision of government owned rail transport facilities within Victoria has undergone significant reform during the last decade. The pace

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Size 569.75 KB
pdf9 2011 - July - Burrows & Stringer - Folding Signal Posts - Myth or Practical Solution

Stephen Burrows CEng MICE

Adelaide Rail Leader, Aurecon

Peter Stringer FIRSE

Signalling Accreditation Manager, Aurecon

Since time immemorial, signalling

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Size 7.04 MB
pdf10 1995 - July - Vaz & Symons - Wyong Resignalling

Tony Vaz, F.I.R.S.E.

Project Manager Signal Renewal & Modernisation Programme North State Rail Authority of N.S. W.

Peter Symons, F.I.R.S.E.

Manager N.S. W.

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Size 683.56 KB
pdf11 2007 - March - Godber - Fundamentals of Signalling a Heavy Haul Railway

Anthony Godber BSc(Eng), CEng, MIET, MIRSE

Pilbara Iron

Signalling of any railway aims to meet the often conflicting demands of safety and operational efficiency in the most

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Size 142.6 KB
pdf12 2005 - Aug - Pore - Presidential Address

Jacques PORE, ALSTOM

It is a real pleasure, and I have to confess that I feel a bit nervous, to be standing here in front of this distinguished assembly, being the fifth non-British

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Size 321.4 KB
pdf13 1984 - Aug - Lawson & Sagar - The Junee - Albury CTC System

GC Lawson BSc(Eng)

Project Manager, DML Engineering Pty Ltd

C Sagar

State Rail Authority of NSW

In the mid 70's a study of Main Line Upgrading "Evaluation

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Size 1.11 MB
pdf14 2011 - March - Nikandros - Signalling So Far As Is Reasonably Practicable

George Nikandros BE CPEng RPEQ FIRSE MIEAust MACS

Chairman aSCSa1

In Australia, both the model rail safety legislation and the model workplace health and safety legislation

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Size 234.74 KB
pdf15 2004 - October - Erdos - The Evolution of Rail Safety

George D Erdos B. Tech Elec, FIEAust, CPEng, FIRSE, FPWI, MIIE

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

Trains and railways have captured the imagination of people for more than 200

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Size 564.67 KB
pdf16 1998 - July - Kliffen - The Development of Mobile Communications in Australia and New Zealand

J.W.M. Kliffen BE (Elect) Hons, GDBA.

Manager Cellular Systems Ericsson Communications Ltd

This paper provides Ericsson's view of the current and planned developments for

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Size 1.57 MB
pdf17 2014 - March - Altehage - Generating Consistent Infrastructure Data for Interlocking Applications

Klaus Altehage MSc, MIRSE

SelectRail (Australia) Pty Ltd

Railway infrastructure data is essential for different stages of an interlocking application; not only directly for

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Size 1.37 MB
pdf18 2015 - October - Hartwell - A Review of the Thameslink Programme

Georgina Hartwell MEng (Hons) AMIRSE MIET

Network Rail Consulting

The aim of this paper is to provide a project description and update to Network Rail’s Thameslink Programme

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Size 778.94 KB
pdf19 1989 - Nov - Ackland - Epping Line Resignalling

GRAEME ACKLAND B. App. Sci (Elec)

SIGNAL INTERLOCKING ENGINEER PUBLIC TRANSPORT CORPORATION - VICTORIA (THE MET)

The Clifton Hill to Epping line was first constructed in

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Size 553.35 KB