RUNNING water will be used by Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies to demonstrate the way its XiTrack geocomposite ballast treatment forms a three-dimensional polymer cage around ballast.
It does not fill the voids, so allowing water to drain through. The polymer accepts track movement under passing trains, rapidly returning to the desired alignment (RG 11.04 p770).
Also displayed will be SA-380 data logging and event monitoring equipment, which it is hoped will be linked to a live worksite. n
INDIA: The AT Railway a subsidiary of Amber Enterprises India has signed a joint venture agreement with South Korea’s Yujin Machinery to design, manufacture, and develop critical components for various types of rolling stock used in India. The joint venture will focus on components such as ...
EUROPE: Austrian Federal Railways has put into service the first of its updated Railjet trainsets on services linking Germany, Austria and Italy. Toma Bačić rode on a preview run between München and Verona on April 5.
USA: Project promoter Brightline West held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 22 in Las Vegas to launch its project to build a high speed line from the city to southern California.
