Mixed fortunes in the railcar market

INTRO: The wide variety of lightweight diesel railcar designs ordered for regional services in Europe are proving popular with passengers, but most have failed to meet the operators’ ambitious delivery timescales. Harry Hondius MSc Eng reviews developmentsLOOKING AT THE lightweight diesel railcar industry at the end of 1998, it is ...

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