Rail Engineer – July 2019

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The Best of the Best
The annual Rail Partnership Awards gives Network Rail a
chance to honour its supply chain.

Felixstowe Branch Line: capacity enhancement
goes live
David Bickell reports on how £60.4 million increased the
line’s capacity by over 40 per cent.

Railway signalling equipment power systems
earthing
Paul Darlington explains how both railway staff and the
travelling public are protected.

New main-line interlocking enters service
Atkins’ ElectroLogIXS electronic interlocking is brought
into service on the Shepperton branch.

Barnards Lock Underbridge: a spongy and
successful lift
Collin Carr looks at a bridge replacement in the middle of
a “triple-SI”.

A little water never hurt anyone
Plantworx/Railworx was certainly wet, but it was also a
great success.

Rail Electrification: Building confidence
Peter Stanton organised, and attended, a conference on
the future role of electrification.

News
Goodbyes, HS2 bids.

Have you heard the whisper about the new
developments to WSPER?
Malcolm Dobell visits DB ESG’s new home for its
wheel-slide protection test rig.

New era at Doncaster Carr
Stuart Marsh was invited to tour Hitachi’s new depot
for LNER’s Azuma fleet.

Are you sitting
comfortably?

Comfortable seats
or ‘ironing boards’?
RSSB has a new way of
defining comfort.

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