Learning signalling principles

[merlin89]

Where I work it has always been a case of go find our for yourself and through my years of study with the Open University you were given the material to learn but you essentially taught yourself. But is it possible to teach yourself signalling principles on your own just by reading without any guidance on the subject even harder if you dont work in the field? Would people like to contribute on this subject about how they amassed their knowledge an perhaps suggest materials for study that are freely available or submit themselves maybe we could have our own knowledge repository (being careful not to infringe copyrights or plagarise). what are the moderators thought on this as there are some invaluable docs attached to threads in this forum which by chance I have stumbled across.

Where to start if you know nothing about trains how about at the beginning.
1. ABC Modern Signalling Handbook by Stanley Hall
2. Two Centuries of Railway Signalling by Alan Williams and Geoffrey Kichenside
3. The First Principles of Railway Signalling By C. B. Byles
4. British Railway Signalling by Geoffrey Kichenside

Books From IRSE

1. Introduction to Railway Signalling
2. Railway signalling by OS Nock
3. Railway Control Systems by Maurice Leach

[PJW]

maybe we could have our own knowledge repository (being careful not to infringe copyrights or plagarise). what are the moderators thought on this as there are some invaluable docs attached to threads in this forum which by chance I have stumbled across.

Where to start if you know nothing about trains how about at the beginning........

I'd agree with your choice of commercially avaialble books.

Obviously we do need to be careful re having the appropriate permission for anything we place available to download. I am perhaps a little relaxed re something like old training notes from British Rail (it would be impracticable to get permission since the organisation no longer exists as such and the IPR is unclear), particularly as the material was not originally produced "commercially" but for training own staff- perpetuating its availability for much that purpose satisfies my own morals even if not perhaps being strictly legally OK.
The IRSE does not want us to make the range of past papers available here for download; however if there is a need to share something specific like an older paper which is not now readily available for some specific purpose, in reality I don't think there would be an objection. Similarly if you find something useful elsewhere on the web to download, then give a link to it rather than post as an attachment.

The vast majority of material posted here I believe to have been authored by the person posting it; that is how it should be and it is great that people are happy to share and put in the public domain.