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| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 03:46 #2613 | |
UKTrainMan
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Saw a link to this article in a Tweet on Twitter recently and certainly found it to be interesting reading so I thought I'd share it with my fellow SimSiggers - it is railway related and additionally some may find the picture interesting (the big-ish looking station on the closest monitor looks like Didcot to me(?)). Thoughts, comments, replies, etc., etc., of-course welcomed. (a Tweet is a post to someone's Twitter page/profile, a bit like a status update on Facebook. It's also a bit like posting a message in the Shout Box here, sort of. A definition found online is: "A tweet is a post or status update on Twitter, a microblogging service.") - Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 03:46 #14101 | |
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UKTrainMan
1803 posts |
Saw a link to this article in a Tweet on Twitter recently and certainly found it to be interesting reading so I thought I'd share it with my fellow SimSiggers - it is railway related and additionally some may find the picture interesting (the big-ish looking station on the closest monitor looks like Didcot to me(?)). Thoughts, comments, replies, etc., etc., of-course welcomed. (a Tweet is a post to someone's Twitter page/profile, a bit like a status update on Facebook. It's also a bit like posting a message in the Shout Box here, sort of. A definition found online is: "A tweet is a post or status update on Twitter, a microblogging service.") - Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 15:56 #14115 | |
northroad
870 posts |
Thoughts, comments, replies, etc., etc., of-course welcomed. Interesting to see that she is using a set of Quail's maps......surely the in house maps are more up to date or does she know something that we don't. Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 15:59 #14116 | |
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Noisynoel
989 posts |
In house maps.... what in house maps! Quail is one of a controllers most important publication!
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| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 16:08 #14118 | |
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northroad
870 posts |
Ooopppssss! Sorry about that but not being a Controller chappie or chappess I did not know......but there you go. An interesting article though and thanks for the link to get it Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 16:37 #14120 | |
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Backup
89 posts |
In the article UKTM linked to: Why is she playing SimSig at work?
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| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 16:38 #14121 | |
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John
884 posts |
Fancy writing a similar article for the KICC, Noel?
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| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 17:17 #14123 | |
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TomOF
452 posts |
Backup said:In the article UKTM linked to: Why is she playing SimSig at work? It's not Simsig, it's TRUST. On the screen you can see all the way from Swindon into Paddington (top right hand corner). There is no simulation that covers the area. Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 17:31 #14124 | |
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Sacro
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That's not TRUST, looks more like CCF to me.
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| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 18:07 #14126 | |
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Noisynoel
989 posts |
John said:Fancy writing a similar article for the KICC, Noel?Errr, let me think for a milli-second...nope :-) I'll leave that to Gunnis, he can talk BS for hours on end! Sacro said: That's not TRUST, looks more like CCF to me.We'll make a controller out of you yet Ben, yes it is CCF. Trust is not a mapping system. Noisynoel Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 18:10 #14127 | |
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northroad
870 posts |
Quote:That's not TRUST, looks more like CCF to me.Looks like a Quail map book to me Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 18:27 #14129 | |
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Backup
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TomOF said:It's not Simsig, it's TRUSTI know it's not *actually* SimSig... it was a little joke. Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 19:29 #14131 | |
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mfcooper
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northroad said:Quote:They're talking about the computer screens. The program it is running is CCF, a Train Description mapping system.That's not TRUST, looks more like CCF to me.Looks like a Quail map book to me Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 20/03/2011 at 19:40 #14133 | |
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John
884 posts |
John said:Fancy writing a similar article for the KICC, Noel?Noisynoel said: Errr, let me think for a milli-second...nope :-) I'll leave that to Gunnis, he can talk BS for hours on end!Ha! He was on great form today. "The Bowden cable's snapped on that 375, kick the punters off and get something from the sidings to replace it." "I've only got Networkers." "That'll do." "But he's a Ramsgate driver." "Oh cancel it then, put stops on the Margate/Canterbury and get everyone on that." 5 minutes later. "No, no... reinstate it, we'll change over the stock at Gillingham!" I had those passengers scampering from platform to concourse, to a different platform and then back to the original train again! If I'd sped up the cctv images, it would have been like a scene from the Benny Hill Show! Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 26/03/2011 at 10:17 #14294 | |
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Rushey Platt
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Not her most flattering picture I don't think, that smile! Anyway, TOC controllers aren't real controllers ;) GD&R Rob Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 27/03/2011 at 06:03 #14364 | |
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ralphjwchadkirk
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TRUST is a text based, almost command line, style system. It has no mapping function. The shot is certainly CCF - the graphics aren't bad enough to be P2! Log in to reply |
| A working life: The railway controller 27/03/2011 at 18:31 #14441 | |
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Tristan
60 posts |
Must be a "new-ish" article as the Barney train did hit some sheep, about 2 weeks ago lol.
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| A working life: The railway controller 28/03/2011 at 17:30 #14495 | |
ajax103
1106 posts |
Right from that photo, it is determined that she has two monitors running CCF, the monitor at the end is running the List function of P2 which shows at a glance how on time certain services are running and the Quail book for the Western region is in front of her, 
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| A working life: The railway controller 29/03/2011 at 22:57 #14554 | |
ozrail
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What do Real Controllers do and how are they different from TOC Controllers? Also what are the "Shift Managers" duties in the Larger Power Boxes? Please.
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| A working life: The railway controller 30/03/2011 at 07:23 #14570 | |
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Noisynoel
989 posts |
By real controllers I assume you mean NR ones. Well, very simply.. Network Rail - Incident controllers who deal with the infrastructure - any failures or incidents (Fatalities, Tresspass, bridge strikes) Train running controllers - oversee the train service,liasing with the TOC's, inputting schedules, dealing with tain failures TOC's (They vary in titles but the general theme is the same) Train Service Manager - Runs the trains, liasing with stock/crew controllers to provide the service, or deciding which to cancel Stock/Maintenence Contoller - Ensures stock is service/repaied and provided for each train Crew Controller - Responsible for any crewing issues and ensuring that each train has crew provided Customer Infomation Controller-Ensures infomation is diseminated tpo the public regarding their trains and arrangeing replacement road transport. That is a very simple overview Noisynoel Log in to reply |