Feature articles in the latest issue of Railway Gazette International, the leading business journal for railway operators and suppliers, read in 140 countries. Subscribe to Railway Gazette International today.
Comment
- Whither the train crew?
News
- Main Line
- Urban Rail
- Market
- Industry
- Innovations
- Pointers
Analysis
- Concerns raised over Santiago accident investigation, Gotthard competition battle looms, ‘eight by eight’ axes in Chinese master plan
North America
- There is life after coal
Class I railroads are looking for new sources of business as a drop in coal traffic coincides with a cyclical downturn in global freight - Brightline fleet takes shape
Florida’s privately-funded inter-city passenger service is on course to launch next year - A versatile innovator
Brookville Equipment Corp has expanded beyond the industrial railway sector to supply short lines, commuter rail and light rail operators - F125 loco makes its debut in California
The first of up to 40 Tier 4-compliant EMD diesel locomotives for passenger services has been unveiled in Los Angeles
Track maintenance
- Turnout grinding offers life-cycle cost savings
An Austrian study suggests that regular grinding of switches and crossings should be an integral part of a railway’s turnout maintenance regime, both to improve quality and to minimise life-cycle costs - Towards intelligent track maintenance planning
The Autonom research project is looking at the potential for an autonomous maintenance decision-making system that links asset health with planning and scheduling - Specialist analysis can extend timber life
Specialist timber analysis can help railways to understand better the condition of wooden structures - A buoyant sector
A range of innovations from specialist infrastructure companies will be on show at InnoTrans 2016
Monitoring & measuring
- Listening out for trouble
CSX is piloting the use of Distributed Acoustic Sensing using optic fibre cables for rolling stock defect detection, track infrastructure health monitoring and train movement tracking - Don’t bash that bridge
High-definition cameras can help to minimise the disruption caused by road vehicles striking railway bridges
In focus
- Gauge-changing Golden Pass Express to launch in 2018
Switzerland’s Montreux-Oberland Bahn is making progress with a scheme to introduce gauge-changing trains - Hauled stock market bounces back
Orders for loco-hauled passenger coaches almost doubled in the past decade thanks to rapidly-growing demand in Asia, according to research by SCI Verkehr
Research & skills
- Rail Week a ‘resounding success’
Forum
- People
- Dieter
- Sidetrack
- Diary
Viewpoint
- Darren Fodey of law firm Stephenson Harwood assesses the short- and longer-term implications for the railway sector of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union
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