All Railway Gazette International articles in January 2011 – Page 5
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NewsSaving one tonne per wagon
BRAZIL: Following 18 months of trials on Vale's metre-gauge heavy freight lines, V&M do Brasil is seeking type approval for its tubular axle design, which the company claims could allow operators to increase payloads by up to 1 tonne per wagon. The machined tubular axle was developed to fit 1000 ...
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NewsNews in Brief
Genesee & Wyoming has completed its A$334m acquisition of FreightLink, giving it control of the 2 200 km north-south railway linking Tarcoola with Alice Springs and Darwin. Completed in 2004, the Alice – Darwin route cost A$1·2bn to construct, of which the state governments contributed A$475m and FreightLink A$900m. The ...
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NewsFehmarn Belt tunnel preferred
EUROPE: Femern A/S is recommending an immersed tunnel rather than a cable-stayed bridge as its preferred option for the Fehmarn Belt fixed link to replace the train ferry between Germany and Denmark, the Danish project promoter announced on November 30. A 17·6 km tunnel up to 40 m deep would ...
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