CONTENT:

INFRASTRUCTURE

8000 engines
40,000 coaches
about 2.5 lakh of wagons
7000 stations
1 lakh km of track

17 lakh employee worked under one organization and
there is no strike since last 30 years.



Annual growth rate:-
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Turn over
Time
Now
causalities rate
SOURCE: Explanatory Memorandum on Railway Budget, 06-07


RAILWAY SIGNALLING:-
Railway signalling is a system used to control railway
traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding.

Mainly there are two types of signals:-

Mechanical signals:- Older forms of signal displayed their
different aspects by their physical position.

Colour light signals:-On most modern railways, colour light
signals have largely replaced mechanical ones

These signals are controlled by pannel which is situated
in ASM office
Controlling of signals:-
Description Code Colour Remarks
Main Signal Button S-5 RED Entrance Button
Track /Route Button S-6 GREY Exit Button
Level Crossing Button S-7 BLUE Operated with S-6
Group Slot Button S-8 GREEN For giving group slot
Point Group Button S-9 WHITE To point out location
Emergency Button S-10 R+G In emergency
Some keys of pannel:-
"An arrangement of signals and signal appliances in the manner
that they switch the tracks to send the train in particular
direction.
Route Relay Interlocking
It is also called NX system.

It is based on entrance/exit principal.

In this every operation requires only two buttons to be
kept press simultaneously .
Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9
1. The horizontal line is railway track.
2. signals are depicted by the symboof the circle with a horizontal and vertical line .
Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9
Red slotted line indicating train moving direction
Lds:-last down signal.
Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9
Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9
Setting a route from Signal 5 to Signal 9
DATA LOGGERS
The process of using a computer to collect data through
sensors, analyze the data and save the data is called Data
logging and the instreument used in this called data
loggers.

Data logger is a microprocessor-based system which monitors
and records all activities and event in the signalling system of
a railway station/yard .


THIS CONSISTS OF:

DATA LOGGER EQUIPMENT (DLE).

DIGITAL INPUT CABLE (DIC)

A MONITORING P.C.

A FAULT INDICATOR UNIT .

POWER SUPPLY: DLE WORKS ON 24V. D.C. AND THE P.C. ON 230V.
A.C.
DATA LOGGER SYSTEM:-
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DATA LOGGER EQUIPMENT RACK
DLE Enclosure
Modems
Display Unit
Spike
Suppessor
(For ac
modems)
AI Enclosures
D L E
Dot Matrix
Printer
230VAC UPS
Inkjet Printer
24VDC
Charger
24V BATTERY

FAULT
INDICATOR
UNIT
230VAC,
50Hz
DATA LOGGER SYSTEM
Integrated Power Supply System:-
The IPS systems provide complete power solutions from one system
to all signaling circuits.
There are three panels on the IPS

AC Distribution Panel (ACDP)
DC Distribution Panel (DCDP)
FRBC Panel (FRBCP)


Alstom Signaling Inc.

General Railway Signal Co.

Calvert, J.B. "Principles of Interlocking.

At your doorstep"The Hindu.

Station working rules(swr)

Economic Times. July 7, 2011.