Peter Stanton BSc CEng FIMechE FIET FPWI

Leaving aside Covid-19, which is on everyone’s mind right now, the environment still sits high on the agenda, along with international concern on how to tackle the ‘climate emergency’. Environmental studies have shown that transport has a significant impact on...

In the complex story of the electrification of the Great Western main line, one name keeps cropping up - Steventon Bridge (issue 167, September 2018). This structure, and the problems it has caused, has been the subject of much...

Following energisation of the overhead line equipment between St Brides, Newport, and west of Cardiff Central, the first GWR electric train arrived at Cardiff on Tuesday 7 January 2020. This was the culmination of the major portion of a...