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  • Birmingham New Street Phase 7 open heart surgery in the Midlands

    Listen to this article Rail Engineer has reported on the extensive West Midlands resignalling a number of times over the years, issue 160 (February 2019) covered the completion of phase 6 between Birmingham New Street (BNS) and Birmingham International stations. So, we were delighted to meet up with main contractor Siemens to learn how things…


  • National Railway Museum inspires future engineers

    Listen to this article Railway engineers looking at the exhibits in the National Railway Museum (NRM) at York must surely be impressed by their predecessors’ achievements. An example is the museum’s 98-tonne Merchant Navy class steam locomotive which was built in 1949. This is sectioned to reveal how Britain’s last steam locomotives were designed to…


  • Level crossing safety

    Level crossing safety

    Listen to this article Great Britain’s railway level crossings are among the safest in Europe and operate on a network which is one of the most intensively used in the world. However, they still pose a significant safety risk to the public, and trains can be delayed if there is a fault or incident. Level…


  • Improving level crossing safety using technology

    Listen to this article Jonathan Evans, Network Rail’s technical head of level crossings engineering, recently delivered a presentation to the IRSE Midland & North Western Section, explaining how technology can help to improve level crossing risk management, together with the level crossing engineering solutions being developed by Network Rail. Jonathan explained that his team are…


  • Getting the on track experience

    Listen to this article The ‘Practical Track Challenge’ run by the Permanent Way Institution (PWI) aims to give office-based professionals an understanding of the practicalities of track work. This year’s challenge was the seventh such event with the first one being held at the Didcot Railway Centre in 2017. Since then, the event has been…


  • Ayr hotel fire closes railway for eight months

    Listen to this article The impressive grade-B listed Ayr Station Hotel was built in 1885 in the French-Renaissance château-style and was an integral part of the station with the travel centre inside the hotel’s north wing. In 2010, it was purchased by a Malaysian businessman who abandoned it after it closed in 2012. With the…


  • Cablevey Conveyors’ mobile system for automated cleaning set to redefine standards

    Cablevey Conveyors, operating as part of Automated Handling Solutions (AHS), has announced the launch of Cleanvey – a ground-breaking development in the automation of clean-in-place (CIP) processes for tubular drag conveyors. Cleanvey is engineered to automate the CIP process, allowing for efficient, thorough cleaning of tubular drag conveyors, crucial in maintaining sanitary compliance and ensuring…


  • Superior portion control with Provisur’s press-to-slice module

    Provisur Technologies is reporting the successful showcase of a complete high-speed press-to-slice line that meets the aims of the company motto ‘Pushing Boundaries’ at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne, Germany. Heralded as a “next generation module”, it includes: the Hoegger X3 Press, a Press-to-Slice module and the new Formax SX550 Slicer. Additionally, the versatile Formax SX330…


  • Lesaffre launches open call for carbon capture and utilisation

    Lesaffre has launched an open call to discover new paths of innovation in carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) specifically tailored for the food industry, partnering with SoScience, a company expert in responsible research and innovation. According to the global player in fermentation and microorganisms, the challenge of feeding sustainably a growing global population is becoming…


  • Mark Scelfo from Bimos at IPC Apex EXPO 2024

    Justin Worden speaks to Mark Scelfo from Bimos at IPC Apex EXPO 2024 in Anaheim, USA. [embedded content] WNIE TV is kindly sponsored by Hanwha, Koh Young Technology, Essemtec, Kyzen, Nordson Test and Inspection, PVA, ROCKA Solutions, Adaptsys, Viscom, BTU and Scienscope.