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1978 – March – Birrell – Description of Larse Supervisory System

Date Presented: December 28th, 2015

W Birrell Associate IRSE Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co The Style MCL-1 Larst equipment supplied to ANRC Tasmanian Region, is a Time Division Multiplex data transmission system configured to transmit and receive the status of controls and indications between Launceston Control Centre and Outstations located at Coldwater Creek, East Tamar Junction and Relbia. The equipment is designed aroud Larse Data Communicator Modules which were introduced into Australia during 1972.  Larse Data Communicators make extensive use of Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) techniques and introduces large scale integration into the Remote Control and Superviory field.


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1965 – Oct – Rees – Various Aspects of the Rebuilding of the Commonwealth

Date Presented: December 28th, 2015


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1974 – March – Rees – Current Signalling Trends in Great Britain France

Date Presented: December 28th, 2015


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1947 – Nov – Inauguration

Date Presented: December 28th, 2015

Article from the Journal of the Institute of Transport


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1979 – March – Paramsothi – Entrance – Exit Panel Interface Possible Ap

Date Presented: December 28th, 2015


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1977 – July – Detering – CTC Power Signalling Rockhampton – Gladstone – Circuit Design

Date Presented: December 28th, 2015


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1972 – July – Evans Birrell – Moura – Gladstone CTC Installation

Date Presented: December 28th, 2015


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198911 – Kennan – Presetroika Comes to Victorian Transport

By: Jim Kennan
Date Presented: November 17th, 1989


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1967 – Feb – Perry – Level Crossing Protection in NSW Railways

Date Presented: December 28th, 2015

EC Perry AMIRSE The State Government, recognising the increasing hazards to road users at level crossings diie to the day by day increase in the number of road vehicles, improvements to roads generally, and the consequent increased speed of vehicles, decided that in order to deal with the problem of improving conditions at level crossings in a practical manner and to ensure that any expenditure in connection with improvement was shared equitably with the various interests in the community, set up in February, 1960, a Special Level Crossing Fund for the purpose of financing initially the alteration, improvement or replacement of facilities at railway level crossings, or for the elimination of crossings where justified and an Inter-Departmental Level Crossing Committee comprising of representatives of the Department for Railways, Main Roads, Public Works, Local Government and the Treasury has been set up to recommend to the Minister for Transport, works which it is considered should be carried out,


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1967 – April – Summary of Level Crossing Protection Discussion

Date Presented: December 28th, 2015

Summary of Level Crossing Protection discussion held at the 19th Annual General Meeting of the Australian Section of the IRSE.  Brisbane, April 1967.


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200211 – Brueggemann-Ratzlaff – The Siemens Train Delivery Experience [Presentation]

Author(s): Petra Brueggemann-Ratzlaff

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201503 – Webb – Delivering Safe Projects [Presentation]

Author(s): Andy Webb

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201503 – Ramsdale – Transforming V/Line’s Regional Rail Network [Presentation]

Author(s): David Ramsdale

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201503 – Heibel – CBTC for Mixed Traffic [Presentation]

Author(s): Dr Frank Heibel

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201503 – Degal & Hume – Regional Rail Link – SigView Train Control System [Presentation]

Author(s): Rees Degal & Ian Hume

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201503 – Baird – Victorian Signalling Principles [Presentation]

Author(s): Robert Baird

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201503 – Moore – Standards and the Signal Engineer [Presentation]

Author(s): Trevor Moore

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