Brodie Engineering News
Porterbrook takes stake in Brodie Engineering
20/02/2024
Today, Tuesday 20th February 2024, the UK’s leading rolling stock financier and asset management company Porterbrook has agreed a deal to take a 49% stake in Brodie Engineering. The Kilmarnock b…
Freightliner Repaint and Re-livery
13/12/2022
Freightliner Locomotive 66508 leaving our Caledonia works at sunrise following a full repaint and re-livery #rollingstock #engineering #paintingservices #success
Welcome to Team Brodie
08/12/2022
Team Brodie are delighted to welcome Andris Upenieks (pictured left) and Connor Small (pictured right) to the organisation. Andris, a Chartered Engineer is our new Head of Consultancy and in the immed…
Brodie Engineering awarded major contract
24/05/2021
Brodie Engineering has been awarded a multimillion-pound contract by Eversholt Rail to perform a time-based overhaul on its fleet of Class 318 Electric Multiple Units. This contract is due to commence…
Cross Country Class 170 Repair
27/04/2021
Brodie Engineering has recently completed a major repair to Cross-Country unit 170107, which had experienced significant damage. Further to inspecting the train and working in conjunction with the Cro…
Class 153 Active Travel Carriages - Redelivery
27/04/2021
Brodie Engineering have dispatched, the first 3 of 5 Class 153 active travel carriages, recently converted and refurbished for Abellio Scotrail. The units will now be stabled at Corkerhill Depot to fa…
Class 320 TBOX overhaul works update
15/03/2021
The time-based overhaul (TBOX) of Eversholt Rail’s Class 320 fleet continues to run to time, with 50% of the fleet completed. This programme of work, which commenced in January 2020 and is expec…
Brodie Engineering celebrating 25 years in business
15/03/2021
We are extremely proud to be celebrating 25 years in business. Founded in March 1996 by Gerry & Debbie Hilferty, Brodie Engineering have been providing a comprehensive range of refurbishment, main…
Brodie Engineering Celebrates Living Wage Accreditation
25/08/2020
Brodie Engineering has become accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
First Arrival at Brodie Engineering's Caledonia Works
20/08/2020
Brodie Engineering is excited to share the arrival of the first project at our new depot, Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock. This ScotRail Class 158 is the first coach to arrive by road and will receive a…
TBOX Service Completed On First Class 320 Unit
09/03/2020
On March 2nd, 320314 left our Kilmarnock depot as scheduled after completing a TBOX service on the unit.
Class 153 Modifications for Designated Cycle Carriage
05/12/2019
ScotRail is transforming five Class 153 trains, which will be modified by Brodie Engineering. It will introduce designated carriages for bikes and large sporting equipment on one of Scotland’s m…
Armistice Ceremony 2019
20/11/2019
Brodie Engineering marked Armistice Day in its factory on Monday 11th November. All work at the factory stopped before 11:00, phones and computers were turned off and the work place fell silent for th…
Brodie Engineering signs Armed Forces Covenant
08/11/2019
Last month, Brodie Engineering signed the Armed Forces Covenant alongside Air Vice-Marshal Ross Paterson, the most senior RAF officer in Scotland. This is to affirm our commitment to supporting the Ar…
TBOX service on Class 320 vehicles
20/09/2019
Brodie Engineering are excited to announce that we will be carrying out TBOX services on Eversholt Rail’s fleet of Class 320 vehicles. The fleet of 22 units, each a three car set, is operated by…
Engineering Summer Placement at Brodie Engineering
20/08/2019
This summer, Brodie Engineering offered a Summer Placement to a current Mechanical Engineering student at The University of Edinburgh. Anushka worked with us as part of the engineering team, gaining v…
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport's visit to Brodie Engineering
11/06/2019
On the 9th of April 2019, Brodie Engineering had visitors from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). The visit included a tour of the facilities lead by Jim Thomson, Business Deve…
Class 317 PRM Modifications
28/11/2018
The firm from Kilmarnock have been tasked with the responsibility of modifying trains for the major transport operating group. The contract will provide work for 20 staff for at least another year, in…
Brodie Engineering Remembers
11/11/2018
Brodie Engineering was pleased to welcome the Isle of Cumbrae Pipe Band to help us remember the fallen on Armistice day.
Graduate Placement
30/11/2017
My summer placement with Brodie Engineering was the exact experience I needed to develop into a more proficient engineer. As a graduate rail engineer, every new experience helps to adapt to the ever-c…
Apprenticeships
30/11/2017
Brodie Engineering are always trying to upskill and invest in our employees. Recently, we have invested in two new apprentices in addition to placing 5 of our permanent semi-skilled staff onto a moder…
New Website
27/11/2017
Brodie Engineering have just launched a new website! It has been completely redesigned, fully responsive and we believe this is the digital platform which will take Brodie into 2018 and beyond. We now…
