All Railway Gazette International articles in February 1999
All articles published this month.
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Sidetrack
Mouse about townTo celebrate the 70th birthday of ’the world’s most famous mouse’, German Railway has teamed up with model manufacturer Märklin AG to decorate one of its Class 120 electric locos with Mickey Mouse motifs. The ’art loco’ will display its commemorative livery on InterCity and InterRegio services throughout ...
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ScanWays trial
JANUARY 12 saw the departure from København of the first block train to use the Nordic Freight Freeways. Carrying traffic from exporters in Denmark, Norway and Sweden bound for Milano, the trial train was chartered by Aargau-based Hangartner AG, which provided the swap bodies. Traction and wagons were arranged by ...
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Publications
Railway Directory 1999& CD ROMAll maps in the 1999 edition of Railway Directory are in full colour, and this edition adds a new portfolio of city maps, showing all modes of rail-based transport. They include metro, light rail and tramway networks in 40 cities worldwide, large and small. Main line ...
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Trams to Portland
The city of Portland, Oregon, has ordered five narrow-bodied trams from Skoda Inekon for US$12m to operate its Central City Streetcar line. The L-shaped route will connect a large hospital complex northwest of the city with Portland State University to the southwest. The Streetcar is not part of the MAX ...
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PEOPLE
On December 21, Amtrak’s Board of Directors named George Warrington as President & Chief Executive Officer, a post he had held on an acting basis since December 1997. Mr Warrington graduated from Syracuse University in 1974 and received his Masters in Public Administration there in 1975. He joined New Jersey ...
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Product NEWS
Pandrol has developed a lifting collar to speed handling of concrete sleepers fitted with the Fastclip fastening system. Fitted on the shoulder without disturbing pre-fitted Fastclip pads or insulators, the welded steel collar self-locks as the sleeper is lifted.Pandrol UK LtdReader Enquiry Number 144
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Metros
Brazil: The Supervía consortium has begun operating Rio de Janeiro’s Flumitrens commuter network under a 25-year concession (RG 9.98 p567). Trains, stations, track and signalling will be upgraded over the next three years using a US$180m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.Canada: Bombardier has selected a site in Burnaby, British ...
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Market
Australia: CFCL Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co, has purchased 13 ex-Australian National 2240 kW EL class locos, which it plans to refurbish for long-term lease to a freight or passenger operator.Sinclair Knight Merz has acquired the Engineering Services Group from Victoria’s Public Transport Corp.Brazil: ...
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Uzbek investment starts
JAPANESE trading group Marubeni Corp has ordered 25 inter-city coaches from Bombardier’s DWA Ammendorf plant at a cost of DM40m. The order is the first step in a programme to renew the Uzbek Railways fleet, which includes over 500 vehicles supplied by DWA prior to the break-up of the Comecon ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: Switzerland’s Furka Oberalp Bahn inaugurated a 48000 m2 workshops, maintenance depot and rolling stock servicing complex at Glisergrund near Brig on December 11, replacing cramped facilities in the town centre at a cost of SFr70mCAPTION: Italian State Railways’ infrastructure unit ASA Rete has taken delivery of an ultrasonic test ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: The last four of 48 Class 440 EMUs rebuilt by Renfe’s Valladolid workshops for CPTM in São Paulo were shipped from Vigo in December. The units have new cabs, three 2m wide doorways on each side, and the floor height now matches Brazilian platforms
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: On December 20 Hong Kong’s MTR Corp unveiled its first Tsuen Wan line EMU refurbished by A Goninan & Co under a HK$1bn mid-life modernisation programme. The unit, which was ceremonially ’handed back’ by the contractor at Tsuen Wan depot two days earlier, is the first of 95 sets ...
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INTELLIGENCE
Australia: QR is to upgrade its Rockhampton - Townsville line for 20 tonne axleloads and 100 km/h freight operation between mid-1999 and 2002 at a cost of A$240m. Concrete sleepers will be supplied by Austrak and Rocla.Clyde and Bluebird rail are refurbishing five ex-AN diesel locos for Great Northern Railway, ...
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Riding the ICT
ON DECEMBER 17 Railway Gazette International was invited to sample the ICT high speed tilting train on a special trip from Frankfurt Airport station. This was the first time that passengers had been carried on the five-car ICT test formation.Speed on the run to Darmstadt and Mainz was limited with ...
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ICF restructures
THIS MONTH is due to see the start of a restructuring at the European intermodal and refrigerated freight co-operative Intercontainer-Interfrigo. The aim is to link costs and revenues directly, and focus attention on the quality of service provided by the 29 partner railways. ICF will become a holding group, and ...
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Poles upgrade IC
Polish State Railways is planning to introduce a range of improved long-distance trains under the banner Inter City Plus. PKP is to launch the first train, the Kilinski, between Warszawa and Poznan at the request of the Poznan Trade Fair company. Two more services (the Lech and Warta) will also ...
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Historic US stations revitalised
On December 11 Florida’s Ocala station was formally reopened after a $2m refurbishment as a multi-modal transport hub with rail, bus and taxi services. The 1917-built structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was restored using funding from state, local and federal sources to become the ...