GWR Signalling Practice paper

[nicklawford]

Useful background to GW/UK signalling practices.

Certainly useful background; may not be directly relevant to today's railway but it is often useful to use such sources to gain an oberview. As a professional siignal engineers delight in complexity which grows over time- it is often easier to see the wood for the trees by going back in time when things were more basic and simple.

And not directly relevant to my day job, being a comms engineer and now on signalling control, not signalling (subtle difference here, as my signals colleagues keep reminding me).

Reading Ye Olde Scrolles when things were simpler is something I have done in the past. I found understanding rotating induction machines and other three phase theory much easier to learn once I had looked up Teslas' orginal work (in English!).

This GWR paper I found useful to understand some even quite basic things - don't laugh - I did not really know what a locking table is, thats never been part of my job, past or present. Now I have an overview. So a useful reading.

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Nick