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Author: Garry Keenor
19 March 2026
Northern Ireland Railway Standards Development
Section Meeting
Presentation
Video
8 December 2025
Discontinuous Electrification
Section Meeting
Presentation
Video
2 July 2025
(I Don’t) Mind the Gap: Discontinuous Electrification as Part of the Railway System
Seminar
Presentation
Video
4 September 2024
Safety related – Resectioning of OLE policy
Presentation
Section Meeting
Video
11 October 2022
Electrification cost reduction – Digital design & challenging the rules
Journal article
5 October 2022
Pantograph gauging for minimum electrical clearances
Presentation
Section Meeting
Video
21 April 2022
Electrification cost reduction – Digital design & challenging the rules
Presentation
Seminar
Video
18 April 2021
An introduction to the overhead electric traction system
Journal article
18 January 2021
Challenging electrification costs
Journal article
20 May 2020
Steventon bridge intelligent rule breaking dynamic FEA techniques
Presentation
Section Meeting
Video
