Safety studies show that DOO need not be dangerous
Here’s a conclusion to start: “A review of the safety implications of DOO(P) indicated that there may be changes to the risk profile, in terms of the likelihood of events…
Signalling obstacles in the path of NR’s Digital Railway
Railways and technology go hand-in-hand. Switching from saturated to superheated boilers improved the efficiency of steam locomotives. Introducing electro-mechanical Automatic Warning System (AWS) improved safety. Tilting trains have allowed speeds…
Save Gresley’s Duck
What a shame The Gresley Society has ditched the duck from a proposed statue of the great locomotive designer that is planned for King’s Cross. Not only was it Sir…
Rising costs plunge Network Rail into crisis
Network Rail is running out of money. It can’t afford its enhancement programme because costs have increased beyond initial estimates. No longer can it borrow private money and public money…
Network Rail chairman talks cars at National Railway Museum dinner
Richard Parry-Jones talked cars at last week’s National Railway Museum 40th anniversary dinner, warning the assembled railwaymen that cars were closing the gap on rail’s environmental advantage. Parry-Jones has had…
Class 319s come to Northern England
Let’s welcome Northern’s newest electric train fleet to service. And welcome its oldest fleet into use. For they are the same. Northern’s Class 319s entered passenger traffic with that operator…
New trains show the railway’s progress
There’s nothing like new trains for showing visible progress in modernising a railway. New signalling passes most passengers by and there’s not much a following for new lifts and escalators.…