Tales of East Coast Electrification
About
The talk, entitled Tales of the East Coast, provides an in-depth look at the electrification of the East Coast Main Line, where the speaker served as Electrification Construction Engineer at Newcastle for the section of line between Northallerton and the Scottish Border. He later worked as Technical Services Engineer in the Maintenance Organization during its early operation and as maintenance was brought back in-house after privatization.
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Continuing Professional Development
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14 Jan 2026
6:30pm - 9:00pm
Organiser
- Kent Local Network
Registration information
Please register parking at hotel reception
Speakers
Peter Hazard
Engineering Manager at RPS Ltd
Peter Hazard has spent most of his working career in railway overhead line electrification. He began his career in 1969 as a mechanical engineer, specializing in precision machine tool manufacturing. Realizing his desire for a more academic career, he joined the British Rail (BR), Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer’s Eastern Region Headquarters in London.
Programme
18:30 Networking
19:00-20:30 Talk
20:30-21:00 Networking