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Author: Andy Franklin
9 September 2026
Basic steel metallurgy and the effect of rail section on rail stress and defect growth
Section Meeting
Presentation
Video
9 March 2026
Maintaining Track Geometry for 300kmh Operation of CTRL Section 1
Section Meeting
Video
10 March 2025
Reliability Centered Maintenance
Presentation
Section Meeting
Video
20 March 2024
Derailment risk at facing switches
Section Meeting
Video
19 March 2024
Proactive track maintenance – The benefits and the challenges
Section Meeting
Video
11 January 2024
Wear and derailment risk at facing switches
Section Meeting
Video
13 December 2022
PWI Lunch & Learn: High Performance Switch System
Video
13 September 2022
Track buckling resistance and the maintainer
Section Meeting
Video
22 March 2022
PWI Lunch & Learn: History of CWR and hot weather
Presentation
Video
3 November 2021
Basic steel metallurgy & the effect of rail section on rail stress & defect growth
Presentation
Section Meeting
Video
