All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2006 – Page 4
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Railbus refurbishment
THE FIRST Czech Railways Class 814/914 two car-DMU to be rebuilt from a Class 810 by Pars Nova Sumperk re-entered service between Otrokovice, Zlín and Vizovice on May 25. Branded ’Regionova’, the unit is the first series rebuild, following on from a prototype completed last September (RG 12.05 p757).The cars ...
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To Toronto with reluctance
AN ELECTRO-DIESEL works locomotive being built for the Toronto Transit Commission by ARVA Industries will feature switched reluctance drive from the Drive Systems Group of Texas-based company LeTourneau. According to the US firm the Toronto locomotive will be first to use switched reluctance motors. These have coils in the stator ...
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Singer success
EARLY results from the Singer project were announced in Ljubljana on June 8. The Slovenian Intermodal Gateway to European Rail project is being supported for the first two years by the EU’s Marco Polo programme (RG 11.04 p728). The aim is to develop ’an international network of unaccompanied services’ between ...
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Victoria to spend
PROPOSALS to invest more than A$3bn in the state rail network over the next 10 years were announced by Victoria Premier Steve Bracks and Transport Minister Peter Batchelor on May 17. The Transport & Liveability Statement envisages investment totalling A$10·5bn; it provides A$2·9bn for rail improvements and A$200m for level ...
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NewsSpotting trouble
USA: BNSF Railway is enlisting railway enthusiasts to help prevent attacks by terrorists and others bent on disrupting the transport network. Since the September 11 attacks, some enthusiasts have complained of harassment by railway police while taking photos of trains and otherwise enjoying their hobby, despite enthusiast groups arguing ...
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Upgrade underway
MAY 25 saw the start of upgrading work on the initial 37·7 km section of the Plovdiv - Svilengrad line in Bulgaria.Reconstruction and electrification of the section from Krumovo on the outskirts of Plovdiv as far as Parvomai is being project managed by Greek contractor Tema SA. Local firm Rubicon ...
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UltraCaps win out in energy storage
Richard Hope explains how double-layer capacitors have broken through the economic barriers to capturing braking energy on a Mannheim light rail vehicle
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