Editor’s View | Rail Engineer

Issue 164 – Electrification can be affordable

Editor's View 4th June 2018

This month we focus on the benefits of electrification and how it can be delivered at an acceptable cost. For example, our ‘Why electrify?’...

Issue 163 – Incentivising Innovation

Editor's View 27th April 2018

What’s not to like about a DMU gearbox that offers savings in fuel, CO2 and diesel emissions, as well as reduced maintenance costs, so...

Issue 162 – New trains, feast and famine

Editor's View 29th March 2018

Between 2016 and 2021, around £11 billion is being invested in seven thousand rail passenger vehicles, more than half the current UK fleet. Less...

Issue 161 – Digital delivery dawns

Editor's View 5th March 2018

Since the early days of privatisation, the digital railway has been a holy grail, offering significant capacity increases and slashed signalling costs. Railtrack deluded...

Issue 160 – A guid new year

Editor's View 6th February 2018

Rail Engineer’s editor, David Shirres, gives his thoughts on some of the topics addressed in issue 160 – What? Sevenoaks Tunnel again? In Scotland, the...

Issue 159 – Hydrogen the new diesel

Editor's View 12th January 2018

Millions of tons of coal were burnt when railways were steam-hauled. The result was harmful pollution and working conditions that would be unacceptable today....

Issue 158 – Getting it right

Editor's View 24th November 2017

Rail Engineer’s editor, David Shirres, gives his thoughts on some of the topics addressed in issue 158 – Keep Calm and Think Blue? The right...

Issue 157 – Good news and bad news

Editor's View 27th October 2017

Rail Engineer's editor, David Shirres, gives his thoughts on some of the topics addressed in issue 157 - Bi-Mode Trains: Unlocking Opportunity? The good news...