Tunnel vision
Something extraordinary is happening under London. Six mechanical navvies, bewildering in their efficiency, steer Crossrail’s tunnels through tangled subterranean history towards an end-point later...
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Bottle it!
We do things very differently nowadays. Mechanical and technological evolution – not to mention health and safety – has completely rewritten the railway engineering text books since the Victorians...
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The Standedge experience
Forget IEP, NET and HS2. Give ERTMS a miss. These high-gloss ventures might catch the eye but they have no soul, submerged in binary code. Writes Graeme Bickerdike What this magazine really needs –...
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Space – The Final Frontier
Size really is everything nowadays when it comes to bulk freight movement. For evidence, look no further than the Maersk Triple E class, the latest generation of energy-efficient container ships....
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Striking the right chord
Here’s a big question: what’s the point of public transport? If you serve punters at the Tan Hill Inn (Britain’s highest pub) or kick a ball in the Premier League, you probably can’t see one. But...
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No place to hide
Sara, Emily and Jean Salt; Fred and Clara Potter. Ring any bells with you? Why would they? Except these five souls were taken by the railway in the most appalling circumstances imaginable. Writes...
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Nothing to commend them
Some people collect garden gnomes; others strap planks to their feet and throw themselves down mountainsides on a surface that provides no friction. I see no appeal in skiing. But the wonderful thing...
View ArticleVideo: Launch of London Midland’s new Class 350/3
A report on London Midland’s official launch of its new Class 350/3 fleet which will progressively enter service over the next few weeks. The post Video: Launch of London Midland’s new Class 350/3...
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Amalfi in Lancashire
For civil engineering types who enjoy a busman’s holiday, the dramatic landscape of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula offers much to enthuse about, having tested railway and road builders alike. On the line...
View ArticleVideo: Progress report on the Borders Railway project
A progress report on the Borders Railway project which is reinstating 30 miles of the former Waverley line from Edinburgh to Tweedbank. The post Video: Progress report on the Borders Railway project...
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Space – The Final Frontier
Size really is everything nowadays when it comes to bulk freight movement. For evidence, look no further than the Maersk Triple E class, the latest generation of energy-efficient container ships....
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Striking the right chord
Here’s a big question: what’s the point of public transport? If you serve punters at the Tan Hill Inn (Britain’s highest pub) or kick a ball in the Premier League, you probably can’t see one. But...
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No place to hide
Sara, Emily and Jean Salt; Fred and Clara Potter. Ring any bells with you? Why would they? Except these five souls were taken by the railway in the most appalling circumstances imaginable. Writes...
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Nothing to commend them
Some people collect garden gnomes; others strap planks to their feet and throw themselves down mountainsides on a surface that provides no friction. I see no appeal in skiing. But the wonderful thing...
View ArticleVideo: Launch of London Midland’s new Class 350/3
A report on London Midland’s official launch of its new Class 350/3 fleet which will progressively enter service over the next few weeks.
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Amalfi in Lancashire
For civil engineering types who enjoy a busman’s holiday, the dramatic landscape of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula offers much to enthuse about, having tested railway and road builders alike. On the line...
View ArticleVideo: Progress report on the Borders Railway project
A progress report on the Borders Railway project which is reinstating 30 miles of the former Waverley line from Edinburgh to Tweedbank.
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Over the edge
Clever technology is forever loosening humanity’s grip on mundane, repetitive, high-volume tasks. Immune to boredom, gadgets are ideally suited to this role, often providing insight that we simply...
View ArticleVideo report: Mobile Flash Butt Welding
The increased efficiency and weld quality from Network Rail’s mobile flash butt welding machines.
View ArticleVideo report: Railway Paths
Insight into Railway Paths, the charity that looks after more than 650 disused railway structures with the intention of them hosting foot and cycle paths.
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