| Re: De commissioning of an Electrification Engineer Posted by John D at 21:07, 7th October 2025 |     |
Er what a sparkling (or should that be sparky) career
| Re: De commissioning of an Electrification Engineer Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:48, 7th October 2025 | |
Blimey! That is a very impressive career history, Electric train.
May I add my own personal thanks to you, for all of your clearly well-informed and authoritative posts here on the Coffee Shop forum over the years.
I wish you a long and happy retirement, and look forward to your (hopefully) continuing to post here, as we move towards more electricity on the railways.
Regards, Chris from Nailsea.
| Re: De commissioning of an Electrification Engineer Posted by grahame at 19:12, 7th October 2025 | |
It is - current tense a pleasure having you here. Always has been, and always will be too. Make sure to enjoy your retirement; enjoy some of it here amongst friends.
| Re: De commissioning of an Electrification Engineer Posted by Timmer at 19:06, 7th October 2025 | |
Happy retirement ET and thank you for your 50 years of service to the railways.
| Re: De commissioning of an Electrification Engineer Posted by Oxonhutch at 18:36, 7th October 2025 | |
ET stays home!
Enjoy - life is about to get very busy for you - from mine and other's experiences. Hopefully you will still be around to answer our technical questions regarding things sparky and rail-borne.
| Re: De commissioning of an Electrification Engineer Posted by JayMac at 18:26, 7th October 2025 | |
Enjoy your retirement ET. And thank you for your service!
| De commissioning of an Electrification Engineer Posted by Electric train at 18:24, 7th October 2025 | |
In a few days time I will be retiring from Network Rail, I have not openly stated I work for NR but nor have I hidden it.
I started my railway career in September 1975 as a First Year Traction & Rolling Stock apprentice, the first year was spent in Swindon, I was an Old Oak Common based apprentice. I finished my time working at Paddington as an electrician I worked on everything there from Station lights, office lights, general power, heating boilers, lifts, electric trucks ....... etc. I was also the High Voltage supervisor Old Oak and Paddington had a complex HV system.
I was in 1990 head hunted into the DM&EE Electrification Group as a Distribution Trainer, during the time there I also worked as commissioning supervisor working of power supply up grade in Anglia, North London Line re-electrification also HEX.
Privatisation (dark days) I ended up working for GTRM (Carillion) as a Distribution Commission Engineer working on the WCML but mainly on the ECML on SCADA and protection relays also commissioning new 25kV buildings.
17 years ago I joined Network Rail as a Project Engineer renewing 33kV switchgear in Wessex Sussex and Kent, I became Senior Project Engineer and around 2012 move to Thameslink as a Designated Project Engineer for Canal Tunnels (the link between St Pancras and the ECML), and several traction power substations on the Thameslink route.
I moved to the Kent Route about 8 years ago as Distribution Senior Asset Engineer which basically acts as the asset owner for all the Traction power Distribution assets in the Route
I think 50 years is long enough
