SNCF tries silent freight train

By 2002-01-01T11:00:00

IN HIS CLOSING speech to WCRR 2001, SNCF President Louis Gallois urged delegates to develop a freight train with quiet brakes, as he was ’constantly harrassed’ by complaints from people living near marshalling yards.

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