Railway Sleeper Wrote:Ladies and gents
Can you pease look at this attempt, digest it and may I have your honest feedback please
thanks
The faithful Sleeper ZZZzzzz.....
Good as far as it goes but one side of A4 is nothing like enough; I'd aim for 3 at minimum, generally 4. Some questions when really get going and stuff flows could well be 6 sides or even more. Beware quantity at the expense of quality though; that's why 5 mins thought before leaping in, 5 minutes a side and then 5 mins just to cast a reflective eye over what you have written whilst re-reading the question so that you can inject / tag on a few bullets at the end anything you missed is what I'd recommend.
You need to expand on what you have written and in particular give more explicit condideration to "margins and tolerances" that may be implied by your answer but you have not driven the point home.
In such questions a good approach is often to take each word/phrase, muse to yourself what it means and try to expand it. What do you understand by "train control"?- does it mean ATO, ATP, TCB signals controlled via interlocking from panel, in-cab signalling, mechanical semaphore signalling with absolute block, RETB, hand signalling in degraded mode; which of these are obviously included in the question and which , with a little bit of justification to the examiner, can you reasonably also relate the question to and include in your answer.
Similarly: what margins? what tolerances?- are we talking time, distance, overlapping technical solutions, combination of rules and procedures; so forth throughout the wording.....
Have a look at the presentation re "ticking as many as possible of the boxes within the matrix" that I have put under the Signet weekend in YM Events for more ideas to widen the question. You also need to deepen it and give some specific detail for certain elements to show your understanding is not only high level superficial.
So it seemed to be a good start but then STOPPED just when I had hoped we'd be treated to a really good answer!