All Railway Gazette International articles in August 1999
All articles published this month.
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Sidetrack
INTRO: Hothouse specialThis summer is hot on the Baltic coast. Last month German Railway’s regional subsidiary DB Regio introduced a dedicated DiscoZug to carry young people to and from a regular Weekend Party in the Heizhouse discotheque at Parchim. According to DB Regio, the DiscoZug offers ’Fun und Action’. It ...
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Rhine-Rhône route set
A PREFERRED route for the first phase of the planned TGV Rhine-Rhône line was announced on July 5. The so-called 'barreau Est' option was agreed unanimously by a committee set up to develop the project and report back to the French Ministry of Transport. The decision paves the way for ...
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PEOPLE
Edward A Burkhardt has resigned as Chairman, President, & Chief Executive Officer of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp with effect from August 31 (p481). He is succeeded by Thomas F Power Jr, WC’s Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for the past 12 years. J Reilly McCarren becomes President & ...
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NS rethink
WITH expressions of interest for the operation of international high-speed services on HSL-Zuid due by August 18 (RG 7.99 p426), Netherlands Transport Minister Tineke Netelenbos revealed last month that she was now minded to allow Netherlands Railways to enter the bidding. However, this would be on condition that NS gives ...
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Product NEWS
Sprinter corrects spot faultsPlasser & Theurer has developed the Unimat Sprinter tamper for the correction of spot faults, defects of around nine to 15 sleepers in length which typically occur at a rate of 20 per 100 km per year, according to the manufacturer. An on-board computer running Win-ALC Sprinter ...
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Metros
China: MTR Corp has awarded CITIC Guo Hua International Contracting (Overseas) Ltd a HK$160m contract to provide the power supply system for the Tseung Kwan O extension. Shinryo Corp is to supply the tunnel environmental control system under a HK$189m contract and trackside auxiliaries for HK$91m. Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp has ...
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Of modules and maintenance
INTRO: In the midst of turmoil, the railway supply industry is trying to change the rules of the game. Andrew F Saxe* reviews the performance of the major players over the last 12 monthsIn a dramatic year for the railway supply industry, two of the major suppliers reported large losses, ...
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Rheinland orders locos
THE Land of Rheinland-Pfalz has ordered two Class 146 electric locos from Adtranz, with an option for a further five, to work local services operated by DB Regio. The 146 is a derivative of the 80 Class 145 freight locos now being built for DB Cargo, regeared for 160 km/h ...
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Technology will meet local needs
INTRO: Alstom LHB GmbH is supplying 24 lightweight coaches to Indian Railways. They will act as prototypes for local production under a technology transfer deal that includes staff training and technical assistance BYLINE: Dr-Ing Alfred Henning Director, Passenger Coach Group, Alstom LHB GmbHAT THE END of this year ...
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Software simplifies load management planning
EFFICIENT management of passenger services today is a delicate balance between increasing ridership and yield, controlling costs and maintaining quality standards. Critical issues include managing passenger loadings at peak periods, and increasing the yield from the fares structure.In Britain, AEA Technology Rail has developed software models to address these two ...
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Short line sales
LAST MONTH the Mexican government awarded concessions for the operation of two more short lines, bringing the proportion of the former FNM network in the private sector to 99%.The 1545 km Chiapas and Mayab networks in the southeast will be taken over by Ferrocarriles de Chiapas-Mayab, a subsidiary of Genesee ...
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Industry News
Australia: On June 17, Foxboro Transportation Systems and Foxboro Scada International became business units of Invensys Intelligent Automation Australia, part of Invensys plc (RG 7.99 p465).Finland: Patentes Talgo of Spain signed a final agreement on June 18 to purchase Rautaruukki’s Transtech rolling stock unit. Germany: Siemens AG has increased its ...
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LIRR to GCT
MTA Long Island Rail Road issued a Notice to Proceed to the Parsons Transportation Group on July 6 for detailed design of the East Side Access which is intended to bring LIRR trains into New York’s Grand Central Terminal by 2009. LIRR trains would reach GCT via a branch from ...
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Powered by gas
LOWER emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants would be the main benefit of a railcar powered by compressed natural gas. French National Railways’ research department is working on plans to have a prototype available for trials within two years. Based on the X73500 diesel railcars being built by De ...
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Fudge or forget
IN THE next few weeks another maglev train is due to arrive at the Transrapid test site in the Emsland in north Germany. The latest in a long line of vehicles intended to prove that magnetic levitation for high speed service is commercially viable, TR08 is a three-car unit built ...
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Finance
Canada: CN raised U$497m through a public offering of 4·6million common shares and a concurrent issue of US$230m in convertible preferred securities which both closed on June 23. BC Rail reported a 26% fall in operating profit for 1998-99 on June 24, with profit at parent British Columbia Railway Co ...
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Optic fibre links
AUGUST 1 is due to see the commissioning of a further 900 route-km of optic fibre communications links on Russia’s Volga Railway. The regional Chief Engineer A Khrapaty confirmed at the end of June that work was well under way to complete the installation of 4000 route-km by 2005.Another optic ...