# SimSig > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/SimSig > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/SimSig.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimSig > Source revision: 1356195406 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{unreliable sources|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox video game |title = SimSig | image = SimSig Logo.jpg | developer = Geoff Mayo | platforms = [Windows](/source/Windows)
[Linux](/source/Linux) using [WINE](/source/Wine_(software)) | genre = [Train simulation](/source/Train_simulation) | modes = [Single-player](/source/Single-player), [multiplayer](/source/multiplayer) }} '''''SimSig''''' is a mixed [donationware](/source/donationware) {{cite web |url=http://www.simsig.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=67 |title=Donate |publisher=www.simsig.co.uk |accessdate=2009-02-07 |last= |first= }} and commercial [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)-based [train simulator](/source/train_simulator) of modern [railway signalling](/source/railway_signalling) systems in Great Britain, from the point of view of a [railway signaller](/source/signalman_(rail)).{{cite web|url=http://www.gensheet.co.uk/simsig.html|title=SimSig|publisher=Gensheet|access-date=2009-01-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221111933/http://www.gensheet.co.uk/simsig.html|archive-date=2009-02-21}} Users have also had success running ''SimSig'' on [Linux](/source/Linux) using [Wine](/source/Wine_(software)).{{cite web|url=http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=7495|title=WineHQ — SimSig 2.103|publisher=Wine HQ|accessdate=2008-12-26}} The program was written in [Delphi 6](/source/Delphi_(programming_language)), a dialect of [Object Pascal](/source/Object_Pascal), by Geoff Mayo and has been in development since the late 1990s. Visually, it resembles the [British Rail](/source/British_Rail) [Integrated Electronic Control Centre](/source/Integrated_Electronic_Control_Centre) (IECC), though most of the simulations do not cover areas operated by IECC-based [signal box](/source/signal_box)es. It simulates overlaps, approach locking, time-of-operation point locking, shunt routes, warner routes,{{cite web|url=http://www.rgsonline.co.uk/Railway_Group_Standards/Control%20Command%20and%20Signalling/Codes%20of%20Practice/GKRC0721%20Iss%201.pdf|title=Code of Practice GK/RC 0721; Section 1.4.2.3 Main or Warner Class Route Selection|publisher=Railway Group Standards|accessdate=2015-07-01}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} call-on routes, and more. [Railtrack](/source/Railtrack) asked for a "professional" version of ''SimSig'', now known as TREsim,{{cite web|url=http://www.simsig.co.uk/html/swindon_b.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728205508/http://www.simsig.co.uk/html/swindon_b.html|archivedate=2007-07-28|title=Story of Swindon B and sale to the Railway Engineering Company|publisher=SimSig|accessdate=2008-12-27}} which is currently used to train signallers at every [Network Rail](/source/Network_Rail) IECC and several panel signal boxes around [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain).{{cite web |title=Amazing news for me | author = Raymond Keattch | date = 18 April 2004 | url = http://www.drivershed.com/Amazing-news-for-me.t1355-13-6.html | accessdate = 2008-12-27 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.strainstall.com/news_archive/2006.html|title=Strainstall Acquires The Railway Engineering Company|publisher=Strainstall UK|access-date=2009-01-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221020633/http://www.strainstall.com/news_archive/2006.html|archive-date=2009-02-21}}{{cite journal|url= http://www.irse.org/knowledge/publicirsenews/IRSE%20NEWS%20146%20Jun%2009.pdf |title=Computer Simulation |first=Geoff |last=Mayo |journal=IRSE News |issue=146 |pages=14–15 |date=June 2009 |accessdate=13 March 2012}} == Gameplay == Train motion is simulated according to train type and loading, {{cite web |url=http://railfest2004.co.uk/simsig.php |title=Simsig — Signal box simulation software — railfest 2004 - National Railway Museum, York |accessdate=2009-01-14 |last= |first= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041211174934/http://railfest2004.co.uk/simsig.php |archivedate=2004-12-11}} and is controlled via the use of [timetables](/source/working_timetable). With a keyboard and mouse, the player sets routes and operates [level crossing](/source/level_crossing)s as necessary as well as simulations/timetable specific tasks such as operating [ground frames](/source/Lever_frame). [Solid State Interlocking](/source/Solid_State_Interlocking)s (SSIs), the main electronic technology in use at present on British railways, along with approach locking, swinging overlaps, shunt routes, warner routes and call-on routes are all available. The simulations may be played in real time or sped up. The aim of play is to achieve a good score by overcoming problems and ensuring on-time train running. Points are accumulated for good operation and deducted for errors or late running. Sounds can be enabled for phone messages, warnings, failures, and Train Ready To Start indicators. Automatic Route Setting, Automatic [Headcode](/source/Train_reporting_number) Insertion and [token systems](/source/Token_(railway_signalling)) for [single line](/source/Single_track_(rail)) working{{cite web|url=http://www.rgsonline.co.uk/Rule_Book/Rule%20Book%20Modules/TW%20-%20Train%20Working/GERT8000-TW1%20Iss%209.pdf|title=Online Rulebook Section TW1 Subsection 32 - Single lines worked with a token|publisher=RSSB|access-date=2015-07-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219030226/http://www.rgsonline.co.uk/Rule_Book/Rule%20Book%20Modules/TW%20-%20Train%20Working/GERT8000-TW1%20Iss%209.pdf|archive-date=2013-12-19}} are functional in some of the available simulations. Most simulations have various levels of difficulty, ranging from beginner to difficult scenarios with engineering possessions of tracks; train delays; bad weather; or [points](/source/Railroad_switch), [signal](/source/Railway_signal) and [track circuit](/source/track_circuit) failures. Although produced by railway software engineers to ensure a high degree of realism,{{cite web|url=http://www.transportsim.co.uk/sundrystrat.html|title=Sundry Strategy Titles|publisher=TRANSPORT SIMULATION UK|accessdate=2008-12-27}} {{cite web | url = http://signalbox.org/links.shtml | title = Games and Simulations| author = John Hinson | publisher = The Signal Box | quote = SimSig is a remarkable and highly realistic IECC simulation by Geoff Mayo | accessdate=2009-01-01}} the simulations are usable by those without any in-depth or professional knowledge of signalling systems. Most simulations can be joined over the Internet to share the workload. Some simulations can be linked to form a chain of signal boxes for extended operation. A total of 40 simulations are currently available covering England, Wales and Scotland.{{cite web |url=http://www.simsig.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=usertrack:mans:manuals |title=Simulations Manuals |publisher=SimSig |accessdate=2014-01-27 }} Beta versions are no longer publicly available. thumb|250px|left|Screenshot of the Exeter version of ''Simsig'' Many of the older simulations are based on the real life IECC screen layout with multiple pages or ''panels'' to display different parts of the simulation whereas the newer simulations have one scrollable panel which covers the entire simulation. As of July 2013, a new method of installing, running and updating compatible simulations, the ''SimSig Loader'', was introduced. The SimSig loader allows for the opening and updating of ''most'' recent simulations via a single program as opposed to the individual [.exe](/source/EXE) files of previous simulations. In September 2018, support for using operating systems prior to Windows 7 to find updates was discontinued. This includes both the loader and licence manager. === User content === User-created timetables simulating modern, historical, and fictional scenarios are available through simulation forums and other web sites. Timetables may be created with the built-in editor or an imported text file. Sources for timetabling information include official Working Timetables (WTT) and historic published timetables such as [Bradshaws](/source/George_Bradshaw). A timetable file converter allowing easy conversion between timetables and text files is available from a third-party site.{{cite web|url=http://www.davros.org/rail/simsig/|title=SimSig|publisher=Clive Feather|accessdate=2008-12-26}} == Reception == SimSig is referenced in the 2nd edition of ''Railway Operation and Control'' by Professor [Jörn Pachl](/source/%3Ade%3AJ%C3%B6rn_Pachl) of [University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology](/source/TU_Braunschweig).{{cite book|title=Railway Operation and Control|publisher=Vtd Rail Publishing|last=Pahl|first=Jörn|location=Mountlake Terrace, WA, USA|author-link=:de:Jörn Pachl|year=2009|pages=127, 226|isbn=978-0-9719915-1-4}} Doctor Marcelo Moretti Fioroni of the [University of São Paulo](/source/University_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo), in a paper on rail simulations and their applications in Brazil, cited ''SimSig'' as an extremely realistic simulation, reproducing real scenarios.{{cite web|url=http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3135/tde-03062008-180002/publico/01_Texto_Principal.PDF|last=Moretti Fioroni|first=Marcello|title=Simulação Em Ciclo Fechado De Malhas Ferroviárias E Suas Applicações No Brasil: Avaliação De Alternativas Para O Direcionamento De Composições|publisher=Universidade de São Paulo|page=61|language=Portuguese|year=2007|accessdate=1 September 2010|location=São Paulo}} The [Rail Safety and Standards Board](/source/Rail_Safety_and_Standards_Board) recommends the use of simulation software as a classroom aid and specifically mentions the ''SimSig'' website as a source{{cite web |title=Development of rail safety material for teachers and schools (T064a) |url=https://www.rssb.co.uk/pages/research-catalogue/t064a.aspx |website=www.rssb.co.uk |publisher=Rail Safety and Standards Board |accessdate=15 October 2018}}{{verify source|date=October 2018}}:
Load and run rail (train and signal) simulation software and obtain an appreciation of the role of drivers and signallers in the rail system. Rail signalling simulation software may be downloaded from www.simsig.co.uk
''SimSig'' has been described by Alan Marshall of the North London Society of Model Engineers as "a remarkable and complex simulator that will test your skills and it demands quite a bit of patience to learn how to operate a modern signal box successfully.".{{cite magazine | last = Marshall | first = Alan | title = Dipping a toe into Signalling |magazine= North London Society of Model Engineers Newsletter | issue = 673 | page = 21 | publisher = NLSME | location = London | date = September 2006 | url = http://www.nlsme.co.uk/Newsletters/NLSME-September-2006.pdf | accessdate = 2008-12-27 }} In 2009 the [National Model Railroad Association](/source/National_Model_Railroad_Association) convention at [Fort Wayne](/source/Fort_Wayne) hosted workshops demonstrating the use of ''SimSig'' for model rail simulations. {{cite web |url=http://www.hoosierdiv3nmra.org/09/images/clinic_text.pdf |title=Tower Operations, United KIngdom Style |publisher=NMRA NCR Convention |accessdate=2009-08-28 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The information in the Edinburgh simulation has been referenced by the Rail Action Group, East of Scotland (RAGES) in discussion with the railway authorities and has been noted in their published newsletters.{{cite journal | last = Rail Action Group, East of Scotland | title = The Rages Rag, Issue No. 40 - January 2009 | journal = The Rages Rag | issue = 40 | page =3 | date = January 2009 | url = http://www.kylemore.btinternet.co.uk/Rag40.PDF | accessdate = 2011-06-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006004213/http://www.kylemore.btinternet.co.uk/Rag40.PDF|archivedate=2011-10-06}} {{cite journal | last = Rail Action Group, East of Scotland | title = The Rages Rag, Issue No. 48 - January 2011 | journal = The Rages Rag | issue = 48 | page =2 | date = January 2011 | url = http://www.kylemore.btinternet.co.uk/Rag48.PDF | accessdate = 2011-06-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006004255/http://www.kylemore.btinternet.co.uk/Rag48.PDF|archivedate=2011-10-06}} == References == {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} == External links == *[http://www.simsig.co.uk/ ''SimSig''] *[http://hitachi-infocon.com/#/ Hitachi Information Control Systems Europe], the suppliers of TRESIM Category:Train simulation video games Category:Windows-only freeware games Category:Windows-only games Category:Windows games Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom Category:Software programmed in Pascal --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [SimSig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimSig) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimSig?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.