201607 – Burns – Time Based Movement Authorities
Author(s): Peter Burns
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199903 – O’Hara – Year 2000 Testing of Embedded Systems Devices
By: Kevin O'Hara
Date Presented: March 12th, 1999
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By: Parisa Afshar
Date Presented: March 21st, 2025
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202503 – Li – Competency Management in the Australian Railway Signalling Industry
By: Daniel Li
Date Presented: March 21st, 2025
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202503 – Moore – Signal Design Report: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?
By: Trevor Moore
Date Presented: March 21st, 2025
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By: Thomas Sudholz
Date Presented: March 21st, 2025
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By: Blake Turner
Date Presented: March 21st, 2025
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202503 – Villegas – The Importance of Operation and Maintenance Concepts in the Delivery and Operation of Rail Networks
By: Selena Villegas
Date Presented: March 21st, 2025
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200407 – Modernisation of KTMB’s Signalling & Telecommunication Systems
Date Presented: July 19th, 2004
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1998 – July – Skilton – Tranz Rail’s National Train Control Centre
By: JT Skilton
Date Presented: October 20th, 2024
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 interlockings in Track Warrant (TW) territory and remote controlled interlockings embedded in Double Line Automatic (DLA) signalling. The CTC systems control the movement of trains in both directions over a single line section divided up into block sections and crossing loops. A field unit is installed at each crossing loop for the purpose of communicating with the control centre. TW control requires all trains to hold a warrant for the section of line being traversed. This warrant is issued to the locomotive engineer verbally over the train radio system and checked for correct reception by reading back over the radio system to the control centre. A selected number of crossing loops within TW territory are fully interlocked and equipped with a field unit which allows the Train Control Operator (TCO) to have full control over motor points and signals. Centralised control of interlockings in DLA territory is used where junctions between main and branch lines occur. Central control is used for movements to and from the branch line and, although it can also be used for signalling along the main lines, the interlocking can be switched to automatic for main line movements.
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1998 – July – McDonald – Today’s Interlocking – A World of Applications
By: Wayne McDonald
Date Presented: October 20th, 2024
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 these environments where one such system, WESTRACE, has been installed and it highlights some of the special requirements essential to suit those locations.
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201607 – Macdougall – Headway as Part of the Operating Plan
Author(s): Terry Macdougall
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201604 – McPeake – Axle Counters in Single Line Sections – A Smart Solution to an Old Problem?
Author(s): Thomas McPeake
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201604 – Aitken – What They Didn’t Tell You at University – or Did They?
Author(s): John Aitken
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201604 – Atchison & Bruce – Implementation of ETCS on Adelaide Metropolitan Network
Author(s): Brenton Atchison & Michael Bruce
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201604 – Gray & Alexander – V2X: Vehicle to Everything (Including Rail)
Author(s): Paul Gray & Paul Alexander
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