The Rail Engineer Team

Every four years, Europe’s railway engineers and equipment manufacturers gather at the town of Münster, in northern Germany for the IAF (Internationale Ausstellung Fahrwegtechnik) – the International Exhibiton for Track Technology. It has been going for some time, this year was the twenty-sixth, and it has become THE place to go for track engineers, manufacturers, [...]

This month’s delving into Network Rail’s files of freshly-approved products has revealed some highly interesting entries. Some have been covered in The Rail Engineer before, but all fill a need on the railways. So here they are, fresh from Network Rail’s technology introduction team…. Magbox class II FSP switchgear – composite enclosures PA05/05428 This is [...]

It must be the time of year for exhibitions. This issue of The Rail Engineer looks back at SIFER (Lille, France, 26-28 March), will be handed out at Railtex (London, England, 30 April-2 May) and looks forward to iaf (Münster, Germany, 28-30 May). iaf? What’s that? The 26th Internationale Ausstellung Fahrwegtechnik (iaf), or International Exhibition [...]

In the run up to Railtex, Rail.co and the rail engineer will be looking at the must-see innovations on display at this year’s event. CRC Industries UK Stand D40 CRC Industry UK’s AQUA PAINT MARKER is an innovative product development that specifically addresses the problem of solvent discharge into the environment from traditional survey/spot marking [...]