There’s something that is both wholly impressive and utterly petrifying about seeing an 82-year-old boilersmith scramble up into the cab of a steam locomotive....
The rail industry came together to show powerful support for Women in Engineering Day on Tuesday, 23 June.
Set up by the Women’s Engineering Society,...
Top communications technology company telent is backing the Graduate of the Year award at the RailStaff Awards 2015.
With strong industry-wide momentum to recruit young...
A team of 11 budding engineers from Transport for London (TfL) has won The Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Challenge, for the second year...
Railway staff and friends pushed the Three Peaks by Rail fundraising challenge to new heights this June. Teams raised a phenomenal £200,000 for the...
People are very open-minded about new things, as long as they’re exactly like the old ones,’ said American engineer and inventor Charles Kettering.
Kettering is...
Britain has been at the heart of international trade for centuries.
Today, our rail freight industry is a critical enabler of this continued success story. Having...
Obesity has been identified as a major contributor to ill-health. Dietary and lifestyle changes over the last three decades have been predominantly responsible for...
Maggie Smith of the Rail Freight Group (RFG) takes a look at the post-election ministerial team at the Department for Transport (DfT) and urges the...
FirstGroup is the proud sponsor of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s RailStaff Awards.
The company is one of Britain’s most experienced rail operators...
Fundamental to the mission of Young Rail Professionals (YRP) is the regional expansion of the organisation, reaching across Great Britain to engage as wide...
Bridgeway Consulting is supporting the Rail Safety Person of the Year award at the RailStaff Awards 2015. Bridgeway Consulting, which has supported the RailStaff...
Orion Rail & Training Services (ORTS), part of Orion Group, has opened a new training facility at Wigan Springs Branch.
Transforming a derelict building into...
