15-02-2009, 04:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 15-02-2009, 04:28 PM by nicklawford.)
nicklawford Wrote:I am currently searching for some London underground material for myself and if/when I locate it I will [if possible] make it available.
Further,
aside from the above material - which I still have to locate - as I posted under Module 1 thread I have come from outside the railway industry ... and as yet have not sat any IRSE exams.
Digressing from my current intent of initially taking Modules 1 and 7, one of the things I always do is read around work matters.
When I joined the industry - on the Jubilee line - I was astounded to discover the north end of the Jubilee Line has mechanical interlockings (Westinghouse ''V'' frames). Not only the Jubilee, but a significant proportion of the entire London underground. In trying to understand why, a number of IRSE technical papers yield a lot of information.
My point about this post in this thread is that I have already found a terrific amount of very useful information in past IRSE papers. Even though the list below includes papers right back to 1942 it is still relevant to today London underground. They may sound out of date, but I have found them a very useful means to ramp up for day-to-day work, and I am sure help form a platform if/when I ever did decide in time to attempt Module 2.
Anyway the list of papers I found useful are in IRSE Proceedings as follows:
1942 - Dell - ''Power Worked Lever Remote Control Signalling System''
1958 - Dell - ''Automatic Junction Working and Route Setting by Programme''
1961 - Hadaway - ''London Transport Methods for the Control and Locking of Junctions''
1966 - Smith - ''Victoria Line Signalling Principles''
1967 - Wager - ''London Transport Railway Control Rooms''
Perhaps a bit off specific subjects for any one module - but proves the value of background reading.
Hope this is of some use to somebody.
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Nick