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World Engineering Day – Trackside Tara and 300 tonnes of concrete
4 March 2021 | 4 min read
We’re sharing some of our favourite engineering moments this World Engineering Day … … like when Trackside Tara found out…
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Film – Everyday Heroes: Ice Swimmer
3 March 2021 | 7 min read
“Everything I’ve done has prepared me for ice swimming.” On the railway, Jade Perry works as a programme integration manager…
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Why we carry out engineering works over bank holidays
18 February 2021 | 3 min read
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Change the Game – Q and A with graduate Olivia Woodward
16 February 2021 | 8 min read
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The Architecture the Railways Built – the birthplace of the modern railway
9 February 2021 | 4 min read
How did we build a tunnel within a tunnel … and why?
3 February 2021 | 6 min read