Railway expert examination of equipment and infrastructure
We examine technical questions concerning rolling stock, track, equipment and completed work. We check documents and incident materials and prepare expert reports and reviews for specific tasks.
Areas of work
Choose an object or a task. Each service page explains the materials, sample questions and examination process.
Rolling stock examination
Condition of locomotives, wagons and individual assemblies within the agreed task.
Railway track and turnouts
Examination of the technical condition of track, track superstructure elements and connections.
Railway infrastructure structures and elements
Technical examination of accessible platform structures, bridges and other infrastructure assets.
Signalling, interlocking and block systems
Analysis of diagrams, operating records and technical circumstances of traffic control system failures.
Quality of railway asset repair and maintenance
Checking the contracted scope, technical operations and repair result.
Analysis of railway incident materials
Comparing technical recordings, damage and event chronology.
Technical documentation and acceptance
Checking completeness, identification and consistency of delivery or handover documents.
Review of a railway technical expert report
Checking methods, data and the reasoning behind findings on railway assets.
From source materials
to a verifiable result
The scope and methods are selected for the specific task.
Establish the source information
Asset passports and identifiers. We will clarify the information source, asset condition and questions.
Agree the scope of work
We determine the necessary methods, specialists, access to the object, timeframe and fee, and record the agreed terms.
Receive reasoned conclusions
The written result sets out the materials examined, the examination process, the answers to the questions and the limitations of the conclusions.
Understand the issues before enquiring
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Practical guidesRailway track defects: data needed to examine its condition
How to relate geometry and the condition of rails, fastenings and the formation to a particular track section and inspection date.
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Expert report reviewReviewing railway measurements: asset, method and recording conditions
What to check in records and data processing when a conclusion about a railway asset depends on disputed measured values.
Read article ↗Expert report reviewDisagreeing with a railway expert report: how to define the reviewer's task
Checking source data, the relevant technical specialism and the reasoning behind findings on rolling stock, track and equipment.
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Practical guidesMaterials needed to examine a railway asset
Documents, identifiers and access conditions in a technical dispute about track, rolling stock or repairs.
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Describe the situation and the materials you have. We will agree the questions, scope of work and format of the result.