All Railway Gazette International articles in August 2010 – Page 2
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News'All in one' wagon
SWEDEN: Load securing specialist ExTe and leasing firm AAE are jointly marketing a wagon which they say is a technically simple but economically attractive way of maximising vehicle usage in the forest products industry. The wagon offers the flexibility to carry the most common loads for the forest industry. The ...
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NewsTube locomotive modernised
UK: The prototype for the refurbishment of 29 battery-electric locomotives used on London Underground engineering trains is now undergoing trials. The locomotives each have 168 vented lead acid cells to provide power for traction and wagon-mounted equipment when the fourth-rail supply is turned off. Modernisation is being undertaken by LU's ...
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NewsTatravagónka enters Polish market
POLAND: Slovakian wagon manufacturer Tatravagónka Poprad has completed its acquisition of a 49·56% stake in Polish wagon manufacturing and repair company Fabryka Wagonów Gniewczyna from Orliston Enterprises Limited for an undisclosed price. Tatravagónka will take over management of the Polish firm. It hopes use the new acquisition as a springboard ...
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NewsEC approves DB’s takeover of Arriva
EUROPE: The European Commission announced on August 11 that it had ‘approved under the EU Merger Regulation (EC 139/2004) the proposed acquisition of rail and bus operator Arriva plc of the UK by Deutsche Bahn’. However, the decision is conditional upon DB’s commitment to divest all of Arriva’s rail and ...
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NewsCustom-designed lowbed electrification vehicle
NEW ZEALAND: Manco Engineering has produced a custom 1067 mm gauge flatbed transporter to carry electrification masts, wire and concrete products during KiwiRail's Auckland electrification project. The 1250 Lowbed Rail Transporter is equipped with a Palfinger crane and a low-profile 12·4 m non-slip deck which can take a 30 tonne ...
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NewsFourth order for largest electric locomotive manufacturer
CHINA: The Ministry of Railways' Chengdu Railway Administration has placed an 8·6bn yuan order with China South for 590 six -axle 7·2 MW electric locomotives with AC drives. They will be built by CSR Zhuzhou (420) and CSR Ziyang (170) for delivery within 12 months. CSR has now won four ...
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NewsChennai Metro Rail orders Alstom trains
INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail Limited has selected Alstom Transport to supply 42 four-car trains for the two-line metro network which is now under construction. The contract awarded on August 2 is worth Rs14·7bn, and includes the supply and commissioning of 168 vehicles along with associated spare parts, specialist tools and ...
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NewsTrans-Asian ECO train returns to Islamabad
INTERNATIONAL: The first eastbound ECO freight train is due to arrive in Islamabad on August 13, having left Istanbul on August 2 with cargo for Tehran and Islamabad. Six container flats each carried a 40 ft container destined for Pakistan, while five vans had consignments for the Iranian capital. Operations ...
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NewsExpanding Indian expertise
INDIA: The Golden Rock rolling stock workshop at Tiruchirappalli in India is developing a prototype high-capacity tank wagon using designs produced by the Research Design & Standards Organisation, and is also undertaking staff training for a number of African railways. Following the export of metre-gauge locomotives to Benin, Golden Rock ...
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NewsVossloh awarded €100m point machine contract
SWEDEN: Trafikverket has awarded Vossloh a 10-year framework agreement for the supply of in-sleeper point machines for the 11 904 route-km national rail network, which has 11 428 turnouts. The contract is worth more than €100m and has an optional five-year extension. Vossloh will supply a customised version of the ...
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NewsContract signed for Surt - Banghazi line signalling
LIBYA: A €247m contract to supply signalling, telecoms, power, security and ticketing systems for the 554 km Surt - Banghazi line has been awarded to a consortium of Finmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and SELEX Communications. The contract was placed by Russian Railways subsidiary Zarubezhstroytechnology following an international tender. RZD is ...
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NewsNews in Brief
OTIF is consulting on harmonising RID regulations on dangerous goods with global UN recommendations. The main changes concern piggyback transport, hand and checked luggage and written emergency instructions for train drivers. POTA Holdings has acquired Australian short line and terminal operator South Spur Rail Services from Coote Industrial for A$26·5m. ...
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NewsBerlin S-Bahn control update
GERMANY: DB Netz is to replace mechanical train stops on the Berlin S-Bahn network. Over the next 10 years, electronic speed supervision using balises will be introduced at a cost of €130m. Tests have been carried out between Hermannstrasse and Sonnenallee on the southern ring, and the first part ...
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NewsWorld infrastructure market August 2010
Argentina: Herso and Luis Carlos Zonis have won a 8·6m pesos contract to restore to operating condition the 285 km Puerto Deseado - Colonia Las Heras route over 22 months. During President Fernández's visit to China co-operation agreements were signed with China Railway International for the 18 km, 29-station ...
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NewsWorld rail market August 2010
Canada: Parkeon Transport has won a C$7m contract to supply GO Transit with ticketing equipment for Toronto’s public transport network. Europe: Perpignan - Figueres infrastructure concessionaire TP Ferro is to use a bilingual version of HaCon's TPS software for train pathing, the first time TPS has been used to ...
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NewsKraków rolls out rebuilt tram
POLAND: MPK Kraków has rolled out the first EU8N tram to be built at the operator's own workshops using components from former Wien E6 and C6 vehicles. An E6 car was extended with using a 290 mm entry height low-floor section supplied by Polish bus manufacturer Autosan, with bogies ...
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NewsWorld rolling stock market August 2010
Angola: Using US$89m of government funding, CFB has signed contracts with China's CMEC for eight locomotives, 66 coaches and 94 wagons. Staff are to be trained in China. Australia: Pacific National has ordered a further nine Class 7100 electric locomotives from Siemens for use on coal trains in Queensland. ...
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NewsBNSF genset locomotives launched
USA: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited BNSF's Commerce maintenance depot in Los Angeles on August 16 for a ceremony to mark the entry into service of two rebuilt genset locos for in the city's port area. He was joined at the event by Pennyslvania's Governor Ed Rendell, who co-chairs the ...
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NewsTakeover to take train toilet technology international
GERMANY: Specialist supplier of train and ship toilets, water pumps and waste disposal systems Hugo Vogelsang Maschinenbau has taken a 51% stake in Prometheus, which has supplied it with control and monitoring systems since 1999. 'This takeover enables us to offer railway companies a much broader range of technology', ...
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