The RailStaff Awards 2024

Nominations for Rail Team of the Year

Alistair Sweeney

Said the following about Loscoe Track Section:

“In track maintenance the continual daily grind can really get teams down, pressure to work amongst the many challenges often leads track teams to become a bit apathetic as they believe 'others' need to sort out their issues. This however, is not how Team Loscoe work. More than any team I have seen they have taken to bull by the horns and met their challenges head on. They've cleared access points of safety hazards, renewed 400y of track (missed by a renewal), removed hundreds of tonnes of scrap rail which puts money back in the railways coffer.

What's more they do all this with a consistent positive attitude and a willingness to share and help others do the same. They have a range newer and experienced people in the team, but all are always happy to share their knowledge across the delivery unit.

Recently one of the team suffered a terrible personal bereavement, but it was amazing to see how they rallied round in support of each other and never let their standards at work drop, such is the depth of relationships in the team.“