All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2002
All articles published this month.
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Windows to the world
FLACHGLAS Wernberg offer toughened flat and curved laminated window units for rolling stock. Products include double-glazed units, hopper, sliding and fixed windows, and built-in heating. PVB or resin layers can be used to reduce noise in passenger areas. Flachglas specialises in coatings, and around 80 are available to suit optical ...
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Tamper upgrade
UK infrastructure maintenance company Grant Rail signed a £5m order in July for three B41 tamping machines from Matisa of Switzerland. The firm already has three of the company’s earlier B45 tampers in service.The B41 can tamp switches and crossings as well as plain line, and is fitted with ...
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Taxpayer shores up Virgin’s
business planRAILTRACK’S bungled attempt to upgrade the West Coast Main Line so that Virgin could dispatch 11 Pendolinos an hour from London to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow at 225 km/h from June 2005 has borne modest fruit. During the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, which commenced on July 23, a ...
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Radar speeds rebuild
GROUND-PENETRATING radar is being used to accelerate a €200m track relaying programme in southern Germany. The work includes renewals on the main lines from München to Lindau via Kempten and Memmingen, with around 200 track-km to be relaid by 2006.Track renewals contractor H F Wiebe is using the GeoRail system ...
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Syope promises quieter running
INTRO: Field trials have confirmed the potential of a new treatment to reduce rolling noise that involves the application of a damping layer to the wheel web. Requiring no mechanical fastenings and thus very little maintenance, Syope promises quieter passenger rolling stock with minimal impact on the whole life-cycle cost ...
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Propulsion presentation
MTU will be presenting two diesel propulsion units for railway applications. The 20V 4000 locomotive engine is rated at 2700 kW, and offers electronically-controlled common rail injection at up to 1400 bar, full electronic engine management and turbocharging. It is designed for installation on powerful four-axle locomotives, and complies with ...
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Pointers
Trenes Especiales Argentinos is planning to introduce a twice-weekly passenger service between Buenos Aires and the northeastern city of Posadas, with a journey time of 24h. External Relations Director Fernando Gómez said that operations could begin within 60 days of an agreement being signed by the Governor of Corrientes province, ...
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Shinkansen station plan
CAPTION: JR Kyushu has produced an outline design for the planned Nishi-Kagoshima station on the Kyushu Shinkansen. The 3·6m high arched façade is glazed throughout to emphasise brightness and openness. The two 210m platforms are reached by escalators
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Virgin Pendolino starts
Virgin Trains officially launched its first Class 390 Pendolino tilting trainset in passenger service on July 23, with a special run between Birmingham International and Manchester Piccadilly. On arrival at Manchester, unit 390 010 was named Commonwealth Games 2002. As an official sponsor for the Games, which took place in ...
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New plant at Old Oak
ON JULY 26 UK train operator First Great Western formally opened a new heavy maintenance facility at Old Oak Common depot, the London base for its passenger rolling stock operating into Paddington from the west of England and south Wales. Covering 1900m2 and four tracks, it has been built under ...
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Rail mill ready to roll
THIS month Jindal Steel & Power Ltd expects to complete commissioning of a Rs4bn rail and beam rolling mill at Raigarh. When commercial production begins in the third quarter of the financial year the plant will produce 120·6m long rails. It had been planned to open the plant in June, ...
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Metros
Belgium: Wallonia Region has voted to invest €76·5m over the next five years to expand the Charleroi light rail network. This includes completing the city centre loop at Charleroi Sud station, extending the Gilly branch to Soleilmont and reopening the line to Gosselies.China: Trial operation of the 20 km western ...
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Sevilla metro out to tender
THE ANDALUCíA regional government has invited bids for a 35-year concession to build and operate Line 1 of the projected Sevilla light metro network, an 18·9 km route with 23 stations running from Mairena del Aljarafe to Los Quintos. Bids are to be submitted by November 22 and will be ...
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Market
Australia: Wabtec has signed a US$12m contract with Queensland Rail to supply integrated electronic control and braking for 68 locomotives used on heavy haul coal trains.Denmark: Banestyrelsen has placed a €7·4m order with Bombardier for three interlockings on København’s Circle line, with a €1·3m maintenance option. Completion is due by ...
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Solar lighting
SPANISH National Railways has installed solar-powered lighting at three local stations as part of a programme to switch to renewable energy sources. Fitted at Arahal and Peñaflor near Sevilla, and at El Chorro near M
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Rostock looks at through running light rail
CONNEX Regiobahn and Rostocker Strassenbahn planned to set up a joint company on September 1 to develop through running of trams on to main line routes. Modelled on the Karlsruhe network, the plan would see Ostseebahn GmbH run services between Rostock city centre and surrounding towns.Mayor of Rostock Arno P
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Symposium reviews knowledge of sidewinds
INTRO: Ralf Roman Rossberg attended a symposium on sidewinds and aerodynamics where topics included the concept of ’intelligent’ speed restrictions applying when winds reach a critical velocitySIDEWINDS have long been recognised as a problem that in extreme cases can overturn a rail vehicle. As long ago as 1869 a complete ...