The RailStaff Awards 2024

Nominations for Rail Engineer of the Year

Philip Seymour

Said the following about Mark Allsop:

“Mark is a highly talented railway engineer with a specialism in railway signalling. His engineering contributions and considerations of multidisciplinary interfaces is legendary and acknowledged by all who work with him.

Mark has assisted in the development of Scotland's domestic S&C renewals and his attention to operational considerations and multidisciplinary details has been of great support and assistance to myself as CEM and to the development teams.

He has a robust underpinning knowledge of railway systems and a great eye for attention to detail and risk identification.

A professional engineer always keen to help others.“

Gary Charlton - **HAS LEFT**

Said the following about Mark Allsop:

“Mark Allsop is a Senior Design Manager with Network Rail based in York. Throughout his extensive rail career, his engineering contribution and leadership of projects has been acknowledged as both expert and considerate of the multidisciplinary railway system and not just in his specialism of railway signalling. His dedicated and focused engagement from initial concept through to successful construction/test and commissioning is legendary and acknowledged in all who work with him or for him. He is the 'go to' person whenever an engineering problem needs to be resolved, an urgent design challenge needs to be addressed or advice is required to solve the problem that will put right time delivery at risk, whilst maintaining a constant consideration of safety and assurance. Mark sets the benchmark for engineering that we all aspire to achieve - he is a rail engineer's engineer.“