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[EARLY VIDEO] Victorian signalling explainer!
Added 2023-07-29 11:49:37 +0000 UTCHi everyone, this one's been a long time coming - it's basically a modern remake of the silent signalling explainer I uploaded 4 years ago. They are quite different, so the old one will remain live, at least for now. This one goes into a lot more detail beyond just explaining the signal aspects, and uses a lot more diagrams and stuff. One thing to note: at the end of the video I mention that CBTC will be operating 'soon,' and then there's a text correction saying that the first stage has just been commissioned. This will be true, in a moment! Apparently CBTC is going live between South Yarra and Clayton at 2am Sunday morning - just over 4 hours from when I'm writing this, so it will be active by the time this video goes public on Monday evening.
The inclusion of the little bit explaining blocks, and the bit about CBTC were put in after some of you suggested it here, so thanks!
I hope you find it interesting and/or enjoyable!
Comments
Yes I think as a general rule signals from british/european systems basically never have red in their proceed aspects, but it's common in systems with a north american background! The NSW one is a bit unusual being a bit of a cross between the two - in many ways it's similar to British route signalling, but then it has the multi-light aspects including the green over red (which is 'caution'). Sounds like the red over yellow on the Oslo metro is similar to our red-over-red-over-yellow low speed. Also very cool that you are driving trains in Norway!
Taitset
2023-07-31 00:16:53 +0000 UTCWhat really confuses me with the Victorian, and the NSW system if I am not totally off, is that you all the time are passing red signals. As a almost done educated train driver in Norway, and have driven metros in Oslo for a few years, this is weird to me. Amittingly you also have a red over yellow aspect at the metro in Oslo, but that is not common to see at all. (Means be a ble to stop on half of the distance you see and no more than 15 km/h and is used when they are not able to clear the signal for som reason). However in all other situations, on the metro and allways on the railways, red means stop. You can never pass a signal that shows any red aspect without premission from the signaller. That also means that I as a driver really quickly react to a red signal. Not even a co acting signal,a repeater signal or a distant signal warning you what the main signal shows, will ever show a red aspect. But as you said, everyone finds their first system the most logical, so that is probably why this passing aspects with red within is bonkers to me.
Øystein Furu Almo
2023-07-30 11:22:20 +0000 UTCHaha, good timing!
Taitset
2023-07-30 01:17:10 +0000 UTCNice, that will be a great job! Yeah it's all just stuff I've picked up from being a gunzel for 20ish years, probably reading something rail related almost every day during that time! I do also have a few friends who do work on the railways who I quiz occasionally.
Taitset
2023-07-29 13:03:55 +0000 UTCThe Sweetheart and I were watching a cab video this afternoon.. after discussing what all the signalling over there meant, I said "We need taitset to to a VR signalling explainer". If I'd known you were listening at the window, I'd have invited you in for coffee...
Noisy Andrew (partymeeple)
2023-07-29 13:03:19 +0000 UTCExcellent stuff - thanks for another great video! I've recently started a sparky apprenticeship as a signal tech, so this one will be particularly helpful (as well as just being entertaining in its own right, as per). Surprised to hear that you're not in the industry yourself - is your knowledge just from being a fellow gunzel over years of watching/researching trains here in Melbs?
Charles
2023-07-29 12:30:07 +0000 UTCYou had to post this just before I have to go to work :p I know what I am doing for my lunch break though.
Øystein Furu Almo
2023-07-29 12:19:47 +0000 UTCGreat video as always!
Ash Armitt
2023-07-29 12:12:52 +0000 UTC
