The PWI Online
Here you'll find presentations from online Section meetings and SPOLKS (Special online knowledge shares). Any accompanying videos can be found on our YouTube channel.
Take part in future presentations and meetings by booking through our events calendar.
18 February 2021 - Above us only wires - Martin O'Connor
17 February 2021 - Modern Track Geometry Installation - Paul Coyne
15 February 2021 - Conwy do it again? - Alex Hinshelwood
11 February 2021 - Learning from the Eastleigh Derailment - Andy Jones & Nick Carter
9 February 2021 - 100 Feet Under to 10 Feet Above: Landslip and Underbridge Renewal Schemes in Contrast - Stuart Witts & Tony Morgani
9 February 2021 - London to Corby Reinstated - Paul Makosz
8 February 2021 - Northern Line Extension - Nicholas Miller
4 February 2021 - Railway Traction Overhead Line Electrification - Peter Dearman
4 February 2021 - IN2TRACK2 R&D Projects -Melanie Denley & Phil Winship
3 February 2021 - Whitecross Infrastructure storm recovery - Edinburgh to Glasgow Main Line - Martin Batty & Steven Bruce
27 January 2021 - Seattle Light Rail Project - Geoff Kennedy
21 January 2021 - Digital Solutions for Strategic Infrastructure Asset Management - Kasia Fedyk & Magda Wilczek
20 January 2021 - Digital Signal Sighting Cadder HST Depot - Cillin Farrell
20 January 2021 - Dry Ice for Cleaning Rail Head - Prof. Roger Lewis & Prof. David Fletcher
13 January 2021 - The Challenges of Maintaining a High Speed Line - Dr Sin Sin Hsu
12 January 2021 - Reliability Improvements for Track Infrastructure - Adam Elliott & Andre Dul
11 January 2021 - Train-Track Recording - Kevin Hope
7 January 2021 - Adverse and Extreme Weather and Changes to Drainage Management - Julian Harms
7 January 2021 - Track Engineers guide to ETCS - Traffic lights in the cab? - John Alexander
16 December 2020 - Delivering the Scottish Minister's Requirements for Gauging in CP6 - Alex Hynes
14 December 2020 - Tram Train - Tim Kendell
8 December 2020 - East West Rail - Simon Scott
8 December 2020 - Infrastructure Asset Management - John Dolan
3 December 2020 - Derailment Investigation - Dr Mark Burstow
2 December 2020 - Rail Management - hot topics and developments - Brian Whitney
26 November 2020 - Resilience and Climate Change - Robert Ampomah
19 November 2020 - Traction Decarbonisation – Steven Hart
12 November 2020 - Materials by Rail - David Brooks & Abisola Akoni
10 November 2020 - Rail Geotechnical Asset Management of the Rail Network in Kent - Derek Butcher
5 November 2020 - Far North (lines) Track Maintenance Partnership - Jamie McPherson
5 November 2020 - Long Timbers, Long Route to Success - John Nelson
3 November 2020 - Aspects of Infrastructure Maintenance Delivery - Andrew Malcolm
21 October 2020 - Newark Flat Crossing - Phil Winship
12 October 2020 - Infrastructure Asset Transfer for South Wales Metro - Colin Brading
7 October 2020 - In-Possession Approvals of Rail Plant - Sam Barrett
7 October 2020 - Development of Super RRVs for S&C Re Ballasting - Nick Matthews
6 October 2020 - Track Worker Safety in Rail Accident Investigations - Mark Young
5 October 2020 - Excalibur Screwbolts - Jim Clements & John Stevens
1 October 2020 - Embedded Rail in Level Crossings - Dr Amy de Man & Mark Fowler
1 October 2020 - HS1 Research Initiatives - Dr Sin Sin Hsu
29 September 2020 - Keighley and Worth Valley Bridge 11 Renewal - James Barlow
22 September 2020 - Rail Regulation and the Track Engineer - Steve Fletcher & Dermot Kelly
16 September 2020 - Steel Sleepers - Why wouldn't you? - Tom Wilson & Jim Watson
14 September 2020 - Gauging RILA: Rail Infrastructure Alignment Acquisition - Craig Havard
10 September 2020 - The Journey from Asset Management to Maintenance - Rebecca Fasham
9 September 2020 - Railways and the Raj, the story of India’s railways - Christian Wolmar
8 September 2020 - Rail alignment for new railways - Phil Edwards
13 July 2020 - Heat Straightening of Impact Damaged Structures - Julian Mason
30 June 2020 - Lunch and Learn: Professional Registration – an EngTech Focus - Paul Ebbutt
18 June 2020 - Track Maintenance - Daniel Teece
18 June 2020 - Managing Risks from Railway Earthworks - Clare Brint
17 June 2020 - South Rail Systems Alliance - Track Design and Integration Challenges - Sean Murray
9 June 2020 - 16 noses, 36 legs, but can't walk... Renewing Newark Flat Crossing! - Phil Winship
4 June 2020 - Design & Construction of Wigan Springs Branch Traincare Depot - Les Fox
3 June 2020 - Aberdeen to Inverurie Redoubling - Robert McCafferty
2 June 2020 - Tech Talk SPOLKS Part 3 - Maintenance challenges including supply of rail plant and equipment to the front line
- Phil Allanson, Head of Plant, Babcock Rail
- Dominic Trueman, Track Manager, London Trams
- John Austin, Commercial Manager Rail, British Steel
29 May 2020 - Haifa to Nazareth Tram Train - Dave Parry
28 May 2020 - Slab Track Replacement St. Pancras to West Hampstead - Frances Johnson & Thomas Flowers
26 May 2020 - Tech Talk SPOLKS Part 2 - Delivering infrastructure renewals and projects in a socially distanced world
- Steven Graham, Head of Safety, Sustainability and Compliance, Colas Rail and Nick Matthews, Head of Transformation & Continuous Improvement, Network Rail
- Greg Rutherford, Director, Transportation, AECOM
- Tony Morgani, Engineering Manager, Murphy Group
21 May 2020 - Cost effective electrification mast foundation design - Professor William Powrie
20 May 2020 - The Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway: 40 Years in the Making - Jim Watson & Andrew Anderson
18 May 2020 - Data Capture and Utilisation - Roy Hickman
18 May 2020 - Tech Talk SPOLKS Part 1 - Supporting the industry workforce physically and mentally through the covid-19 emergency – from an infrastructure management perspective.
- Nick Millington, Safety Task Force Leader, Network Rail
- Duncan Weir, Head of Track and Jim Dewar, Track Manager, Transport for London
- Jennifer McKinney, Head of Infrastructure, Manchester Metrolink
13 May 2020 - High Speed Rail: A comparison between European and Japanese approaches - Dr Felix Schmid
7 May 2020 - Timetable Planning - Rob Cummings
28 April 2020 - Wear and derailment risk at facing switches - Andy Franklin (Powerpoint)
23 April 2020 - Gauging Historic Infrastructure for the 21st Century - Bridget Eickhoff
22 April 2020 - The Safety Task Force - Nick Millington
2 April 2020 - Data capture and utilisation - Roy Hickman
25 March 2020 - Acton Diveunder slab track and yard remodelling - Phil Holbourn
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