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That will be what I was thinking of, I am clearly behind the times. Thanks!

Morning, I found myself stung with purchasing an additional ticket this morning and I'm not sure if I should have been. I am travelling on an Advance ticket from Ely to Leeds valid on East Coast + Connections. The itinerary gives a tight connection at Peterborough (1 min above minimum...

There was a change in Railtrack days which forced most foundation design to be pushed into the hands of the geotechnical engineers, who were not able to use the empirical method of foundation design used by OLE designers for decades because of the design rules they had to follow by standard...

Yes, there are a few parts of the West Coast that use tubular masts, one that springs to mind is the area between Winsford and Weaver Junction. Anglia has also got a few exquisite portal structures fabricated from tubular section - around Harlow is one location - they must have cost an absolute...

Yep, where we have shallow rock or another reason why we can't use a CHS or Auger. Precasts are cheaper, but then need transport to site. Fine for portal structures, and development work has been done for segmented precasts for TTC. Very much an outlier though. 1732564733 TTCs have a quite...

Wet trades are very expensive, augering costs around 50 - 100% more than a percussively / vibro driven CHS pile. Also, when you hit rock due to the depth of foundation you need it becomes even more of a pain :) We use Augered foundations where necessary, but they are not in favour!

STC's are cheaper, but it is quite marginal when you factor in 2 foundations vice 1 in the overall scheme of things. But marginal enough to make STC's worth using! TTC's on MMLE and GWEP were as has rightly been said, for ease of access on the 4 track railway. The main reason for the adoption...

If you are defining "Engineer" as being someone that only looks at new ways of doing things, you are only going to be looking at very limited roles in the industry. A lot of the true innovation in rail is led by manufacturers now, supported by design engineers both within Network Rail and its...

Does Air Conditioned Mk2 LHCS replacing Sprinters / Pacers for many years on the Rhymney Valley line count? Admittedly limited in scope but a far nicer experience!

Photos on the Railways in South Wales Facebook group confirm that the first Class 756 passenger services have indeed run this morning :)

I suspect it's all smoke and mirrors, I expect to see exactly the same people and organisation, but rebranded to be one arm of GBR with another layer of management added at the top. Maybe I am overly cynical.

Mobile phones aren't much use for calling for assistance if they are flat / you've dropped them on the line / some scrote has just stolen it from you on the station. Given the diminishing number of operational payphones in today's world a way of getting help for which the comms and power are...

Pm'd you.

From your username I assume you are Network Rail Staff. I would suggest you talk to your local EPME or failing that someone in NRDD.

Iris 2's bunks were great!

In my experience it's been a convenient "reason" given by a manager when they're telling someone not to do something / go somewhere etc. Right up there with "because of health and safety". I know for a fact that my employer's 3rd party liability covers me for acts on and off company premises!

CSC requires a full remodelling of Basford Hall and the reconstruction of 2 overbridges, so there's not really much passive provision able to be made. BHIL is purely (now) a resignalling scheme which abolishes Basford Hall Junction, Sorting Sidings North and Salop Goods Junction signalboxes...

No, it doesn't. That was a completely different project within Crewe Programme, called Crewe Southern Connection.

I have no insider knowledge into the land ownership situation at Birmingham International, however I know the station well. Personally I think you should complain about this, as regardless of the ownership situation I would expect the TOC to have a duty of care to you having booked assistance to...

The con rail is discontinuous so whilst you could use a wheel it would need to go on and off the rail in the same way that shoes do, and it would be liable to being damaged in the same way that shoes are, but with a more complex and expensive bit of kit than a block of carbon.