https://irse.signalpost.org/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:13:22 +0000 MyBB https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=2410 Sun, 19 Apr 2020 13:53:10 +0000 Elliott Jordan]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=2410
- Operational supervision requirements , Is the first one asking the candidate to explain what the signaller has to do to control the single line railway? or is it more the operational department and how they would operate the railway incase of an emergency etc?

- Maintenance details- Does this just mean, how the equipment will be maintained and how regularly  the equipment needs to be maintained and kept up to standard?

Any additional advice to similar areas that would be useful for MOD 5 studying would be useful.

Thanks

Elliott]]>
- Operational supervision requirements , Is the first one asking the candidate to explain what the signaller has to do to control the single line railway? or is it more the operational department and how they would operate the railway incase of an emergency etc?

- Maintenance details- Does this just mean, how the equipment will be maintained and how regularly  the equipment needs to be maintained and kept up to standard?

Any additional advice to similar areas that would be useful for MOD 5 studying would be useful.

Thanks

Elliott]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=2279 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:44:36 +0000 steak]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=2279 Working my way through the syllabus I came across this subject. Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong section, perhaps train protection?

Understand and explain:- Single line working systems

There is no mention of it in the study guides. I found 2012 past paper question 7 which has some relevance.

"Fully describe a signalling system which allows for the safe use of a single line section" 15 marks.

"When the system you have described for a single line operation suffers complete failure, describe a process to allow the continued safe operation of trains. What are the key hazards, risks and how might these be addressed"? 10 marks.

The problem for me was the first part of the question seems ambiguous.
Does it mean a double track with one line blocked  for maintenance, object on line etc so other line is used bi-directional with use of pilotman + ticket system?

Or does it mean an actual single line only railway?

I looked at the second part of the question, "single line operation suffers complete failure", I was thinking along the lines that would the pilotman suffer a "complete failure"?
Therefore I'm assuming that they are asking me to describe a signalling system that can be applied to a single line railway.....so I chose RETB.

Please review my answers and comment please.

I wasn't entirely sure about "key" hazards but had a stab at it.

Many thanks]]> Working my way through the syllabus I came across this subject. Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong section, perhaps train protection?

Understand and explain:- Single line working systems

There is no mention of it in the study guides. I found 2012 past paper question 7 which has some relevance.

"Fully describe a signalling system which allows for the safe use of a single line section" 15 marks.

"When the system you have described for a single line operation suffers complete failure, describe a process to allow the continued safe operation of trains. What are the key hazards, risks and how might these be addressed"? 10 marks.

The problem for me was the first part of the question seems ambiguous.
Does it mean a double track with one line blocked  for maintenance, object on line etc so other line is used bi-directional with use of pilotman + ticket system?

Or does it mean an actual single line only railway?

I looked at the second part of the question, "single line operation suffers complete failure", I was thinking along the lines that would the pilotman suffer a "complete failure"?
Therefore I'm assuming that they are asking me to describe a signalling system that can be applied to a single line railway.....so I chose RETB.

Please review my answers and comment please.

I wasn't entirely sure about "key" hazards but had a stab at it.

Many thanks]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=2274 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:08:01 +0000 steak]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=2274
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Any review or comments, please make..

Thanks in advance.

Best regards
Arnut]]>
Any review or comments, please make..

Thanks in advance.

Best regards
Arnut]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=1910 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 01:16:12 +0000 asrisaku]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=1910
I had a go with this question. It seems to get the marks easily but I am not sure I have done it well.

So please make comments if possible.

Thanks in advance

Best regards
Arnut]]>
I had a go with this question. It seems to get the marks easily but I am not sure I have done it well.

So please make comments if possible.

Thanks in advance

Best regards
Arnut]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=1053 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:14:11 +0000 Archie]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=1053
Kind regards]]>
Kind regards]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=1016 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:27:13 +0000 baballe]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=1016 Thanks]]> Thanks]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=475 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:32:37 +0000 PJW]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=475 Quote:Please clarify the following:

1.For Supplementary detection: For proving the point whether in normal or reverse, will it be any separate circuit?
To NR]]> Quote:Please clarify the following:

1.For Supplementary detection: For proving the point whether in normal or reverse, will it be any separate circuit?
To NR]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=446 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:28:07 +0000 Archie]]> https://irse.signalpost.org/showthread.php?tid=446 It's just a picture of terminations to a 'pump handle' points machine, hopefully you can clearly see on the right hand side of the picture, the terminations for WM+, WM-, meaning the points motor, and different polarities, RW+, RW- (reverse points, again different polarities, and finally NW+, NW- (normal points), on different polarities, this was done on a 'seven core,' cable but there is obviously only 6 terminations here leaving one spare.

In the second photo it basically shows the 'four core' cable terminated into a 'disc box' which if I hadn't of lost the picture you would of seen that it is actually mounted onto the points machine itself.

In both pictures you may notice that I have looped each core back on itself (general practice) maybe not so much in the first picture due to the lack of space, but the reason for is just incase you need to re-crimp, in the case of a 'tester' not liking a particular crimp, hopefully not on my watch.

Hope some people have found this fairly interesting and a half decent insight, these are just photo's I have used as evidence in my IRSE logbook for my licence.]]> It's just a picture of terminations to a 'pump handle' points machine, hopefully you can clearly see on the right hand side of the picture, the terminations for WM+, WM-, meaning the points motor, and different polarities, RW+, RW- (reverse points, again different polarities, and finally NW+, NW- (normal points), on different polarities, this was done on a 'seven core,' cable but there is obviously only 6 terminations here leaving one spare.

In the second photo it basically shows the 'four core' cable terminated into a 'disc box' which if I hadn't of lost the picture you would of seen that it is actually mounted onto the points machine itself.

In both pictures you may notice that I have looped each core back on itself (general practice) maybe not so much in the first picture due to the lack of space, but the reason for is just incase you need to re-crimp, in the case of a 'tester' not liking a particular crimp, hopefully not on my watch.

Hope some people have found this fairly interesting and a half decent insight, these are just photo's I have used as evidence in my IRSE logbook for my licence.]]>