Rollingstock maintenence & derailment recovery training

Our primary courses include:

Wagon maintenance
ECP wagon maintenance
ECP locomotive maintenance
ECP / DP train support
Derailment recovery
Freight wagon air brake maintenance

Wagon maintainer

Covers all aspects of wagon maintenance – bogies, body, wheels and axles, bearings, draft gear, structure, hoppers, doors and brake equipment.

Modules can be provided as a single course or separately and modified or developed to suit your specific fleet or maintainer skill levels.

Suitable for new to more experienced maintainers, the course provides a well-rounded knowledge of wagon maintenance, testing and adjustment.

ECP braking system

Separate courses for wagon and locomotive maintainers and reliability staff ensure a detailed and thorough understanding of the ECP system, maintenance, testing and fault diagnosis. The train support course is designed for technical personnel in train support roles.

ECP train driver familiarisation provides an understanding of the ECP brake system, integration with train operation, failure modes, and recovery. Suitable for drivers and driver trainers to cut recovery delays and operational confusion.

As with all our courses, derailment recovery has been developed from many years of experience.

Suitable for recovery teams and recovery supervisors, the course also looks at organisational recovery preparedness.

Solidly based on safe work methods, risk assessment processes, and site safety, derailment recovery provides a safe, practical, and comprehensive re-railing system for jacks, working with cranes, ramps, and managing more complex incidents.

Derailment recovery

Currently being rewritten for modern railway needs. The new course will include optional modules for ABX-type control systems, ECP and relay-operated train brake testing and diagnosis, as well as the traditional triple-valve relay-operated and non-relay-operated air brake systems.

With layers of simple concepts building to complex operation, the new course aims to increase operational and diagnostic understanding and efficiency with fault-finding and diagnostic processes for a safe, reliable train.