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Railway Safety

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Liverpool Dock – For Mersey Docks and Harbour Company PES Ltd (Pearsons Engineering Services Limited) undertakes a complete track inspection, maintenance and renewal service for Mersey Docks and Harbour Company at Liverpool Docks. This includes a complete management of budget priorities, schemes, proposals and faults including on-call. The track comprises of over 7 miles of mixed railway infrastructure (Bullhead and flatbottom rail, concrete and wooden sleepers). There are 16 sets of switch and crossing units including 3 level crossings and integrated level crossing warning systems and signals. Traffic using this infrastructure comprises of heavy coal traffic to lighter container traffic. Coal trains are fairly ... Read Full Story
Written by kertesz on
. The railway bridge over the River Tay at Dundee was one of the engineering wonders of the world when it opened on September 26, 1877. Designed by civil engineer Thomas Bouch it took six years to build and cost the lives of 20 construction workers. Just over two years after its official opening, the bridge collapsed in a violent storm taking with it more than 70 people who happened to be in a train that was crossing at the time. The exact date of the disaster was December 28, 1879. I remember crossing the bridge exactly 100 years to the day after the ... Read Full Story
Written by lynx92 on
Pearsons Engineering Services Ltd is a company with expertise concerning the Inspection, Examination, Maintenance and Renewal of Railway Track, Site Surveys, minor civil engineering works (ground and French drains etc), project management and renewal management. The company strives for improvement in Rail fault detection and preventative maintenance resulting in a long term cost saving for the customer. Pearsons Engineering Services Ltd will provide the customer with an exceptionally reliable service by exercising quality workmanship, value for money solutions and dedicated personnel. We offer as standard an advised once 4 weekly track patrol (proactive maintenance) and a 3 monthly track inspection report. For dangerous goods ... Read Full Story
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This is the Type N700 bullet train papercraft from moekami. Based on Japan's latest andfastest bullet train to date. Co-developed by West Japan Railway and Central Japan Railway, it has a breakneck speed of up to 186mph. In comparison though, this is snail speed compared to France's 357mph V150. [moekami] Kamen Rider Papercraft - DenLiner [Related Posts] Mansei Steam Locomotive Papercraft Thomas the Tank and Friends Papercraft Don't Forget to Subscibe! What next? Post a comment Subscribe to Paperkraft Email this post Contact the author   Bookmark and share this post using your favorite bookmarking service:     Read Full Story
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As each year ProEvolutionSoccer (PES) on PSP comes with a traditional update without too many surprises. Against all odds, this time... Read Full Story
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The Railway Safety Regulator launched its safety awareness campaign in the Western Cape on Monday, describing the prevalence of safety related incidents there as "alarming". In the past two months,...  
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Nick Dentamaro | Jackson Citizen PatriotState Trooper James Moots rides in a locomotive engine and looks for cars illegally crossing railroad tracks in Blackman Township on Tuesday. Moots was participating in a program aimed at reducing train-related injuries and deaths.A...  
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