Study Pack

[PJW]

Yes. you should join the IRSE and then you will be able to sign up to access to the study guides, past papers, reading lists and so on on the IRSE website.

Definitely agree, but please don't think that you only have to refer to one "textbook" of any sort to prepare for an exam module. The Study Guides give a high level overview of all the syllabus, but you do need to reference other sources to give greater understanding of detail- hence the Reading List to suggest some potentially useful items.  However candidates should generally answer questions in the context of the railway with which they are most familiar and therefore "local" material specifically written for a project, or defining maintenance procedure etc. can be an excellent source, unknown to the IRSE.  It is really all about gaining a wide experience and whereas there is nothing quite like "actually doing it yourself", reading about it is a good 2nd best and ensures you have a far broader exposure than you could hope to acquire directly until you have spent half a lifetime in the industry.

Thank you your reply.

I feel quite confused when "which you are familiar" shows up in study guide.

Actually, I am not working with a "conventional" signalling system, as some of the parts is hidden or computerized. For example: "Route" is set by "Computer Based Interlocking (CBI)" on the basis of "Automatic Train Supervisor System (ATSS)" command; "Automatic Train Operation (ATO)" receives lineside data such as Track circuit and point status through Data Link Module which connected to CBI and these data will be transmitted to Vehicle On board Computer(VOBC). VOBC calculates "Target Speed" to control the speed of train automatically.

Therefore, signal aspect is not that important only red (stop) and blue (proceed) is employed, as train can operate automatically by VOBC. Headway can be adjusted according to timetable in ATSS by changing dwell time and target speed. I am afraid there is no such thing called "overlaps" as a train can stops 50 meters before an occupied track circuit.

That is not possible to answer those question by "Computers do that for me."

So, I am looking for a source (no matter text books, notes, DVD...) explain how conventional signalling system can handle those situation step by step. If there is no such things then I think I better do more past papers.

The exam is equally applicable to any form of signalling.
This was what I was trying to explain; if your work entails transmission based signalling then ther is little value reading lots of stuff about lineside signalling.  However you do need to educate yourself about the WHOLE SYSTEM.  The fact that it is computerised does not change this; someone had to programme that computer.  The actual details of the inner workings of them may only be known to the very few developers but the concepts and the input/ output interfaces should be known to those working on other elements of the system- this is what the Exam is encouraging you to explore !