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Australia: EDI Rail has signed a contract to supply BHP Billiton Iron Ore with 13 GM-EMD SD70ACe diesel-electric locomotives of 4300hp, spares and support, with options for more. Delivery will be in late 2005. Bulgaria: On December 7 BDZ announced it had selected Siemens for supply of 25 DMUs. Two ...
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NS spending rises
NORFOLK SOUTHERN announced on December 2 that it planned to invest $938m during 2005, compared to $810m in 2004 and $798m the year before. The biggest single element, $438m, will fund track renewals and bridge maintenance. Another $23m will go on signalling and communications, $22m on track maintenance equipment and ...
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Toll NZ is considering plans to assemble locomotives in New Zealand and to develop its wagon construction business there. Local assembly of motive power would be cheaper and cut lead times, according to Chairman Mark Rowsthorn. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced on December 12 that the Nepad alliance had agreed ...
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Publications
The Subterranean Railwayby Christian WolmarLONDON has the oldest underground railways in the world, developed in a piecemeal fashion by numerous companies. The growth of the network and the effect it had on the development of London are described in this book.The author looks at the history of the Underground from ...
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Sidetrack
Time to crossMOTORISTS in South Sioux City, Iowa, will soon be able to learn how long they will have to wait for passing freight trains to clear a level crossing on the busy Dakota Avenue. The federally-funded National Intelligent Transportation System is planning to study the behaviour patterns of waiting ...
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Sydney still suffering
’BLOODY ATROCIOUS’ were the words chosen by New South Wales Premier Bob Carr to describe suburban rail services in Sydney on November 22. On that day, Carr had been goaded into arranging a day of free travel on the extensive CityRail network, in an attempt to mollify commuters enraged by ...
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More tilt traumas
YET AGAIN we are obliged to return to the sorry saga of German Railway’s tilting train fleets. In August last year a routine inspection revealed a crack in one axle of a VT612 two-car diesel trainset, prompting temporary withdrawal from service while urgent checks were made on all 192 units ...
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Winter warmer works on water
OIL-FIRED heaters designed to preheat diesel locomotive engines and protect them from damage in cold weather have been adapted for use as low-maintenance water heaters on passenger coaches.Manufacturer AST has modified the heaters so they can operate independently for periods of several weeks at extremely low temperatures. Air is taken ...
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Demands on the subgrade drive GPR developments
Higher axleloads, rising traffic and route rationalisation are placing unprecedented demands on the track substructure of North American railways. In response, the industry is developing more effective substructure maintenance management techniques that include ground-penetrating radar
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Hitachi preferred for CTRL domestic trains
ON OCTOBER 27 UK Transport Secretary Alistair Darling named Hitachi as the preferred supplier of 'around 30' trainsets to operate 225km/h domestic services on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. HSBC Rail (UK) Ltd is preferred financier. The first four of the six-car trainsets are due to enter ...
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DB AG stock market listing postponed
IN OUR September edition we asked whether German Railway was fit to be privatised with a stock market listing. DB AG’s half-year results published in mid-August included encouraging figures for freight traffic with a 7% rise in tonne-km to 41·6 billion and a small increase in passenger-km to 33·9 billion.However, ...
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Working together on the front line
The government's latest restructuring proposals came as little surprise to the companies providing passenger services on Britain's privatised railway, who hope that the result will be an industry fit for the next 20 years. Robert Preston spoke to ATOC Chairman Keith Ludeman* about the white paper and its implications
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NewsUpdate from Myanmar
Due to open this month, the Thanlwin River bridge will help to complete a missing link in Myanmar's rail network. Despite international isolation, the railway continues to expand, reports Dieter Hettler, a mechanical engineer who has been involved with the delivery of diesel locomotives to Myanma Railways
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NewsEurostar on track to hit market share target
Launched 10 years ago next month, Eurostar is reaping the benefits from Section 1 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link with rising traffic and record punctuality. Chief Executive Richard Brown briefs Murray Hughes on Eurostar's future plans
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Hong Kong trams reach 100 years
HONG KONG Tramways celebrated its centenary by inviting three local artists to decorate six of its double-deck trams with cartoons and paintings of birds and flowers.Artist Mary Pandora Cheung designed the ’Lush’ and ’Petal Songs’ trams, saying she wanted ’people to feel like they are sitting in a moving garden, ...
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Japanese Railways Annual 2004
Nenkan Nihon no TetsudouThe latest edition of this Japanese-language review from Railway Journal Inc includes a month-by-month review of developments on Japan’s many public and privately-owned railways during 2003. There is also a special section previewing forthcoming events in 2004, including the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, and articles giving ...
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NewsInnoTrans 2004 is the biggest ever
INNOTRANS: Held every two years, InnoTrans is now established as a major international showcase for the railway industry. This year's event will be the largest yet, and over 1200 exhibitors are booked to attend. More than 35000 visitors from around 35 countries are expected at the Berlin trade fair grounds ...
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New York plans $27·3bn capital spend
’PROGRESS that MTA has made in the last 20 years to restore and maintain the core system must not and cannot be eroded’, emphasised New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Executive Director Katherine N Lapp on July 29, unveiling investment proposals for the agency’s fifth five-year capital programme. MTA hopes to ...
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'Ahead of any listing comes the ability to be listed'
With a possible stock market listing of German Railway high on the transport policy agenda in Germany, we asked Federal Transport Minister Dr Manfred Stolpe for his views. Murray Hughes put the questions