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Mighty morphing: The wagon that morphs into a 60-tonne dumper
Experienced railway professionals know that permanent way renewals consume prodigious quantities of ballast. They also know that serious thought has to be...
Who needs rails?
Rhomberg Sersa’s exercise in lateral – and longitudinal – thinking. For the last twenty years at least – and...
Dawlish Sea Wall – the start of a 100-year plan
Over the last few years, Rail Engineer has written a number of articles about the Dawlish sea wall. There have been many pictures...
DfT (finally) publishes list of rail enhancement projects for CP6
The Department for Transport (DfT) has published a list of rail enhancement projects in its updated Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP).
HS2 way out in front in tunnel design for high-speed rail
Now, what are the similarities between Cyrano de Bergerac, the central character in the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand...
Depot improvements at Inverness
When Abellio secured the ScotRail franchise in 2015, it soon commenced an exciting transformation programme to improve passenger services across Scotland’s network....
Seven into Four does go – at Thickley Wood footbridge
Thickley Wood footbridge at Shildon, County Durham, is unusual but reflects the growth and decline of the local coalfields. Spanning the historic...
Platforms from polystyrene? Who’d have thought it?
MegaTech celebrates ten years of platforms with a difference Next time you are standing on a station, waiting for...
Making user-worked crossings safer
User-worked crossings (UWC) are intersections where a railway crosses a right of way such as a road on private land, a footpath or...
Bearing Up for Reliability
With the ever-present focus on putting passengers first, train reliability has to be high up the priority list to achieve this. Modern rolling stock...
Electrifying Innovation: The need for electrification
Guest writer: Steve Cox The UK has a clear target to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Rail is already...
Work to restart on Rastatt Tunnel
German national rail infrastructure manager DB Netze has announced that construction work to complete the tunnels under the town of Rastatt will recommence in...
Finishing the job – redoubling Aberdeen to Inverurie
Last year, the Aberdeen to Inverness Improvement Project (A2I) redoubled 8.5km of track between Aberdeen and Dyce as reported in issue 168 (October 2018)....
A future role for Bennerley Viaduct
A proposal to install a public access route across Bennerley Viaduct in the East Midlands is currently being considered by planning authorities.
Barnard’s Lock Underbridge
A Spongy and Successful Lift Barnard’s Lock is a rail underbridge structure spanning the river Kennet, located 3.7km west...
Delivering the UK’s temporary flood defences
Owing to changing global weather patterns, potential flood events are becoming increasingly unpredictable. In response to this, The UK’s Environment Agency (EA) continuously studies...