Tying In (also I know what I’m doing from January now)
Firstly, I can now be a bit less vague about the next couple months! I’ve been at a couple of internal interviews, as I’m scheduled to be moved off the…
Firstly, I can now be a bit less vague about the next couple months! I’ve been at a couple of internal interviews, as I’m scheduled to be moved off the…
Things this last month have been interesting. I’ve had a fair bit of work since the last post where we’ve been predominantly out tamping (in some cases for the final…
I’m back with a text wall! This week I’ve been back in the training centre doing my Level 3 stressing course, and I’ve been out stressing some S&C assets. Stressing…
It’s been a busy couple of weeks here, where on top of my now usual routine of tamping and surveying (including some S&C works around Bicester) I’ve had the chance…
This week I’ve been back up in Sheffield for my first block release week of the semester - I’ve got two more between now and Christmas, with a decent chunk…
This week we’ve got the AFM in carrying out some works - a quieter week in terms of workload but also an introduction for me to an on track machine…
This week sees me back in my increasingly regular groove of surveying alongside one of the VolkerRail road-rail plain line tampers.The VolkerRail “Beaver” tamper fleet are possession tampers (they do…
Not an engineering post today, but found this little guy on site while doing some survey work - you don’t see snakes very frequently in the UK but we do…
This week’s seen me back on site, after a week stuck in the office on paperwork duty.The bulk of the week has focused around re-laying sleepers and ballast on a…
This week’s been a bit quieter than usual, with my two-yearly COSS recertification course taking up 4 of the 5 days midweek - I can’t go into detail about what…