Any Good Video Resources/Guides On Electro-Mechanical/Electronic Interlocking Process, From A Control Room Standpoint?

[FrederiaJ]

Hello, I hope this is an appropriate place to post this sort of thread! I'm a graduate rail engineer student from a country in Southeast Asia, and I'd really like to know if there are any visual (particularly video) guides on how interlocking actually works, particularly from the control room. I've read and learned a bunch of the theoretical stuff from the classroom, but for some reason we weren't given much hands-on or visual guides on how to actually work this stuff haha, so I'm still effectively clueless. It kinda stinks, as I'd really love to know and see more.

My search on the YouTubes yields some results, although a lot of the videos are kinda sparse and low-quality (though those are better than nothing I suppose!). What I was hoping for was like a really well-made instructional video on how to operate the VDUs and equipment (like how to properly set the entry-exit points and locking the route and stuff haha), although I guess that's asking for too much? I don't suppose something like that would be made available to the consumer public either lol (I'd probably have to intern at a railway/signaling company here or something to learn that hands-on...)

But anyways, if anyone has any pointers for me, I'd really appreciate it! Thank you all in advance, cheers!

 

[Fragezeichnen]

Detailed official information on the operation of real equipment is unlikely to be made available to the general public, for security reasons.

Your best bet would be to try it for yourself using simulation software.

These are highly accurate simulations of VDU-based interlocking: https://www.simsig.co.uk/

These are for mechanical signalboxes: https://blockpostsoftware.co.uk/

These simulations are more simplistic operationally, but will display the physical state of the mechanical locking bars: https://svrsig.co.uk/software/SigBox.htm

 

[FrederiaJ]

Detailed official information on the operation of real equipment is unlikely to be made available to the general public, for security reasons.

Your best bet would be to try it for yourself using simulation software.

These are highly accurate simulations of VDU-based interlocking: https://www.simsig.co.uk/

These are for mechanical signalboxes: https://blockpostsoftware.co.uk/

These simulations are more simplistic operationally, but will display the physical state of the mechanical locking bars: https://svrsig.co.uk/software/SigBox.htm

Yeah, I figured as much haha. Oh these are great, I never actually thought of looking at simulationware. Thanks a lot! I'm familiar with SimSig, and I think I'll tinker with it more. I'll also check out those other ones, also interested in the signalbox one.