All Railway Gazette International articles in October 1998 – Page 4
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Metro simulation
LS Transit Systems is to supply Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority with operations simulation software, under subcontract from Alstom Signalling. WMATA has a licence for company-wide use of Railsim¨ to create a PC-based metro simulation of Washington’s 152route-km and 76 stations, including train performance and control, passenger flow and ...
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Monitoring signals
INDIA’s South Central Railway is installing at Ghatkesar a Trackwatch system from Solarton, comprising four isolated measurement pods to monitor the activity of signalling relays. Connected to spare relay contacts, each pod uses a low current resistance technique to record relay transitions on up to 32 channels with an accuracy ...
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NDX wound up
INTERNATIONAL joint venture freight operator NDX is to be wound up, following the transfer of its operations to German Railway’s intermodal subsidiary Transfracht International (TFGI) on September 1. NDX was set up in 1996, with DB holding a 50% stake, Netherlands Railways 25% and CSX 25%. It launched its first ...
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NYCT selects TBTC suppliers
ON SEPTEMBER 2 MTA New York City Transit awarded contracts to three firms to demonstrate transmission-based train control systems for use on the subway network. Bids were called for the pilot project last October, with three preferred bidders selected in July (RG 7.98 p462).The three are Alcatel Transport Automation, Alstom ...
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PEOPLE
Jaroslav Vrana has been named Director of Railways for the Czech Ministry of Transport, replacing Karel Sellner. He also becomes Chairman of Czech State Railways (CD), replacing Ivan Foltyn. Dalibor Zeleny has been appointed General Manager of CD, replacing Vladimir Sosna.Dr Chris Whitaker is to chair the ...
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Pescarmona sells up
ON AUGUST 20 Industrias Metalúrgicas Pescarmona SA (IMPSA) of Argentina announced that it had agreed to sell its holdings in the Buenos Aires al Pacífico and Mesapot
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Pilz progress
CEREMONIES were held in Berlin on September 9 to mark the start of work on the German capital’s future central station. Transport Minister Matthias Wissmann, Berlin Mayor Eberhard Diepgen, DB Chairman Dr Johannes Ludewig and Thyssen AG Chairman Dr Ekkehard Schulz laid the foundation stone for the new Lehrter Bahnhof.Costed ...
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Sokol prototype starts test programme
WHILE construction of the high speed line from St Petersburg to Moscow (RG 8.98 p510) looks certain to be postponed indefinitely, the prototype Sokol high speed train built to run on the 650 km route has begun its test programme. President Boris Yeltsin’s revocation of the decree authorising construction of ...
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Publications
L’Annuaire Ferroviaire FrançaisThis directory published for the French Railway Industry Association (FIF) includes articles in French and English, looking at railway developments during 1997 in France and the rest of the world, and at French politics and their impact on the railway market. The directory section is broken up into ...
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SIDETRACK
DieterCAPTION: Japan’s Ground Effect Transportation System plans to start trials in 2002 with a proposed ’aero train’ using solar and wind power. Dieter calculates the likely energy requirements for operating a high-speed train from wind turbines Blotto on the landscapeIn order to advertise Beck’s beer to thirsty passengers on Britain’s ...
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West from Sydney
EFFORTS are being made to rescue Sydney’s 3·6 km embryonic light rail line from oblivion. Right from the start, success depended on the route being extended north into the city centre. But opposition from shop owners to trams along the Pitt Street pedestrian mall has prevented approval for the extension, ...
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Transportable vehicle washer
FOR smaller sites or low-volume applications, BWI Dawson has developed a compact vehicle washing system that can be moved to another location. Installed within a week depending on site conditions and without concrete foundations, the washer is available for lease during the erection of permanent systems.The fully-automatic single- direction ...
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