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  1. Daniel Pyke

    How Rail is made

    Dear All, I've been slowly writing a series of articles describing how rail is made. I'm publishing these on LinkedIn (as it will hopefully reach some of my potential customers), however I think they may well be of interest to the general rail user/enthusiast too. I'll come back and add...
  2. Daniel Pyke

    Hot metal haulage

    Hi, I wrote a little article on some of the rather unusual traction and rolling stock that we have here at Tata Steel Scunthorpe when we transport molten metal by rail. Perhaps you'd like to take a look for general interest. Click on the link to take you to the original article which has some...
  3. Daniel Pyke

    Myths about rail

    Sometime ago I suggested I would write some explanations about rail (the things wheels roll on not the whole industry). Ok it was quite some time ago I admit! So I've finally started to do some short blog type posts and the 1st of 5 of these are exposing some of the myths I get to hear about...
  4. Daniel Pyke

    Heritage Tours of Scunthorpe Steelworks

    Dear all, I've been given the timetable for this summers Scunthorpe rail tours which I think will be of some interest to members here. I think the site rail network is still the largest privately owned rail network in the UK. More info can be found here Appleby Frodingham Railway...
  5. Daniel Pyke

    Infrarail 2014 - 20-22 May - Earls Court

    I wasn't sure if this is the right section for events, but it was the closest I could see! Is anyone heading to Infrarail this year? It's at Earls court. If you go along hopefully you'll see some of our rail products on display as we sponsor "The Track" exhibit. I'm talking about some of...
  6. Daniel Pyke

    Any interest in a rail grade explanation post?

    I'm not sure how many people realise there are lots of different grades of steel that can be used for railway rails. Each of them has its merits. Is there enough interest for me to put together a brief explanation of some of them? As I'm from the manufacturing end of the supply chain I'm not...
  7. Daniel Pyke

    Rail speed record - 7 years on

    Today (03/04/2014) is the 7th anniversary of the current rail speed record. Who will dare to go faster? Youtube link to video The record was smashed by the team efforts from Alstom, RFF and SNCF taking the speed record to 574.8km/h travelling over Tata Steel (then called Corus) rails...

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