Joint venture wins one of Crossrail’s largest contracts
The ATC joint venture, consisting of Alstom, TSO and Costain, has been awarded a £300 million contract - one of
the largest that Crossrail intends to award - to fit out the twin tunnels with track and power equipment. Mike Casebourne, project director, said: ‘ATC will be installing
more than 41 km of track, together with rigid overhead conductors, a system that’s being used for the first time in the UK to power heavy mainline trains through tunnels.’ The works will also require more than 50,000 cubic metres of concrete delivered by a ‘concrete train’, as well as 48 ventilation fans, 40 km of walkways, 66 drainage pumps, 40 km of fire mains, and lighting throughout the entire length.
Could your railway image win Landscape Photographer of the Year?
Entries are now open for the Take a view - Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2013. For the fourth year, Network Rail
is supporting the competition, where amateurs and professional photographers can highlight the very best imagery of Britain’s beautiful rural and urban scenery and compete for the top prize of £10,000. An additional prize will be given for the best photography of
Britain’s rail network – the Network Rail Lines in the Landscape special award. Last year’s winner was an image by Graham Hobbs from Dorset of the 08:30 rail service from Hamworthy speeding through Holes Bay at Poole, as a small, wrecked rowing boat rests in the foreground (shown below). Charlie Waite,
landscape photographer and competition founder is keen to encourage more people to enter the railway award. He said: ‘Judging this award is a great pleasure for me as Britain’s railways have always been close to my heart. I will be looking for an image that captures the spirit of today’s railways, be they in the busiest cities or most remote countryside. Details, urban views and sweeping tracks are all eligible and I am hoping to see many photographs that inspire.’ For competition entry details visit
www.take-a-view.co.uk
Iron horse thrives on a diet of French fry oil
A 90 year-old steam engine is healthier than ever thanks to a diet of recycled vegetable oil used for French fries and chicken
wings. The Grand Canyon Railway (GCR) in Williams, Arizona is using the elixir on Locomotive No. 4960, a steam engine built in 1923 which is now making regular runs on a 65-mile journey from Williams to the south rim of the Grand Canyon national park. The GCR is the first in the US to utilise waste vegetable oil to
power a steam engine, but it nearly didn’t happen. In 2008, the stable of historic iron horses were put out to pasture due to concerns about pollution while travelling to the park. However, inspired by the innovation of carmakers to run vehicles on waste vegetable oil, GCR general manager Bob Baker and chief mechanical officer Sam Lanter, decided to try it on a steam engine. It worked so well, they said, that 4960 ‘galloped along’ carbon neutral and releasing fewer emissions than a diesel engine used today. As a totally green machine, the water used in the boilers is
reclaimed rain and snow melt collected during the winter and Northern Arizona’s rainy season.
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