Main line rail industry news – Page 1200
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Track technology
PFLEIDERER Track Systems will be showing its range of track designs for main line and urban use, including the Rheda 2000 ballastless track being installed on the Ingolstadt - Nürnberg line and HSL-Zuid. The Rheda City and Rheda MRT variants are intended for use on metro lines and tramways, and ...
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Giving warning
SCHWEIZER Electronic AG will be exhibiting examples of its relocatable worksite warning equipment, designed to alert track maintenance gangs to the presence of approaching trains.The firm’s Minimel95-HSF radios can be used to operate warning horns on double track lines. The Minimel95-AW126 offers three different sound levels, meaning that warnings can ...
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Ice-free contact wires
STEMMANN Technik will be displaying a tramway contact wire Non-Icing System which is helping Bremen Tramway reduce carbon and contact wire wear, damage to vehicle electronics and in-service failures.It uses compressed air to feed a pantograph-mounted hollow felt roll with glycerine via a hose. The anti-freeze is rolled onto the ...
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Composite noses
COVIA will be showing designs for an aerodynamic front end being supplied to Bombardier for use on 22 Itino trainsets being built for commuter services in the Odenwald region of Germany from 2005.The Danish company has produced more than 1000 composite front ends since its first order to supply components ...
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PowerPack
VOITH Turbo will be exhibiting a PowerPack as the focal point of its stand at InnoTrans. The complete driveline includes a turbo transmission, final drive, cooling, flexible couplings, cardan shafts and an electronic control unit.Recent developments from the company that will be displayed include a transmission for smaller rail vehicles ...
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Testing takeover
WITH effect from July 6 Windhoff Bahn- & Anlagentechnik GmbH took over Archinger AG, a company specialising in the development of automated non-destructive testing processes for the railway, aerospace and nuclear power industries.Archinger has supplied wheelset testing equipment to companies including German Railway and Austrian Federal Railways. The Nürnberg-based company ...
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Flat battery
SCHALTBAU will be showing its recently-launched flat battery power supply with static converter, for preventing deep discharge of the batteries on rolling stock which is operated under more than one electrical supply system.Able to be fed from a range of voltages and supply frequencies, the ZH1801 and ZH1804 are suitable ...
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Springtime
CONTITECH Railway Engineering, ContiTech Elastomer Coatings and Calenberg Ingenieure will be exhibiting on a joint stand at InnoTrans.CRE will display primary and secondary suspensions, including air springs and rubber-to-metal bonded springs which are in service in countries that include China, India, France and Spain. The company’s multi-axial test rig allows ...
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Russian leasing fleet
BRUNSWICK Rail Leasing has announced plans to establish a Russian leasing fleet of around 10000 wagons valued at US$500m by 2008.The first 250 mineral wagons of a batch of 500 being built at Stakhanovsky Wagon Plant have been handed over to Voskresensk-based fertiliser firm FoaAgro, which has signed a five-year ...
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Metro watching
ALCATEL and Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari have successfully completed trials of real-time remote video surveillance on one of København’s driverless light metro trains. The train has been fitted with CCTV cameras and a digital video recorder for the field tests. These are linked to an on-board radio and antennae, which ...
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Steel show
CORUS will be launching Silent Track at the BahnBau section of InnoTrans, where the full range of the steel-maker’s rail products and infrastructure services will be on show.Developed in conjunction with Southampton University’s Institute of Sound & Vibration Research, Silent Track uses tuned dampers to tackle rail noise at source, ...
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Track technology
VORTOK International will be launching its balise mounting system at InnoTrans. The mounts allow balises and other transponders to be fixed in place within minutes without having to drill into concrete sleepers.Also on show will be Rotorrail retrofit switch rollers, which do not require maintenance or lubrication. Rotorrail is in ...
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Computers in Railways IX
CAD, Manufacture & Operation in the Railway & Other Advanced Transit SystemsThe latest volume in this series contains 100 papers which were presented at the ninth international Comprail conference earlier this year.The book’s 1020 pages include papers highlighting recent developments in the fields of maintenance, train control, design, human factors, ...
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Three in one
KNORR-BREMSE, Westinghouse Brakes and IFE will have a joint stand at InnoTrans, where they will be highlighting their range of on-train equipment. Hands-on displays and multimedia presentations will showcase Knorr-Bremse products including air supply and treatment equipment, brake controls, bogie components and hydraulics. The company offers an extensive selection of ...
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Powering up Switzerland
ENOTRAC will be highlighting its work designing and commissioning traction power supplies for the Mattstetten - Rothrist new line in Switzerland.The line is designed to carry a mix of 200 km/h passenger and 4000 tonne freight trains, meaning a wide range of simulations were required to optimise the designs of ...
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Feeder cable
ONJULY 30 the President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe inaugurated a 2 km aerial cable transit system designed to act as a feeder to the Medellín metro network.Built in 14 months at a cost of US$23m, MetroCable serves the northeast part of the city, which lies on the steep side of ...
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Expanding Goats
RAILPOWER Technologies announced on August 4 the signing of a memorandum of understanding with United Goninan Ltd to market Green Goat diesel-battery hybrid shunting locomotives across Australia and southeast Asia. 'We feel confident to move ahead with this technology. We believe it has considerable potential in Australia and southeast Asia ...
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Wireless investment
BROADREACH Networks has launched Broadreach Train Services Ltd, a subsidiary specialising in on-train internet access. Further investment has been obtained from existing shareholders, and Virgin, operator of two UK rail franchises, has increased its stake in the business.BTSL is expected to form a significant part of Broadreach’s future development, and ...
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Laser wheelset measuring
SAB WABCO will be presenting its ’drive-through’ contactless wheel profile measuring system, which uses lasers to acquire data as vehicles pass at 25 km/h.Pairs of sensors are mounted on each side of the rails, and remain in sleep mode until activated by an approaching vehicle. Data is collected from both ...