All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2004 – Page 2
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Made in Poland
PESA Bydgoszcz will be displaying a selection of the rolling stock it has built for Eastern Europe in recent months.The highlight of the Polish firm’s exhibits will be the prototype EN95 electric multiple-unit which has recently been delivered to Warszawa suburban operator WKD (p548). This will be accompanied by a ...
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Vital logic
WESTINGHOUSE Rail Systems will be demonstrating the Westrace vital logic controllers and Westcad computer-based control which it is installing on the Kiel - Bad Schwartau route. Visitors will be able to discuss the project with key personnel involved in designing and supplying the signalling and train control for the 70 ...
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Lines up for sale
IRON ORE mining conglomerate Kumba is reported to have agreed in principle to assist Spoornet in a public-private partnership deal that will help fund badly-needed improvements to the 861 km Sishen - Saldanha iron ore line, which is electrified at 50 kV. The line carried around 21 million tonnes of ...
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Lights pass pneumatic tests
TUNNEL lighting equipment from WRTL Exterior Lighting has been subjected to an accelerated test programme at Sheffield University’s Department of Civil & Structural Testing before being approved for use in the London tunnels of Channel Tunnel Rail Link Section 2.Two RTL3001 luminaires were subjected to 4·9million cycles of 4Hz 188N ...
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Wagon to be launched
K INDUSTRIER will be using InnoTrans to launch onto the European market a high-payload wagon with electrically-powered doors, based on a vehicle which entered service in Sweden in 2003. The use of an advanced single-axle suspension prevents damage to the cargo and allows a high payload. The 30m long two-section ...
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Laser wheelset measuring
SAB WABCO will be presenting its ’drive-through’ contactless wheel profile measuring system, which uses lasers to acquire data as vehicles pass at 25 km/h.Pairs of sensors are mounted on each side of the rails, and remain in sleep mode until activated by an approaching vehicle. Data is collected from both ...
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Modules and kits
SOCOFER will be promoting its range of infrastructure maintenance equipment as well as its shunting loco and diesel railcar re-powering kits. The French company has recently supplied SNCF with a Linad road-rail vehicle for bridge inspections. The 34 tonne lorry is equipped with a movable basket which allows staff ...
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Keystone revival
PLANS to rehabilitate Amtrak’s 167·3 km Keystone Corridor between Philadelphia and Harrisburg have been revived, three years after work on the route was cancelled because of Amtrak’s financial crisis.Amtrak President & CEO David Gunn and Pennsylvania Governor Edward G Rendell announced on July 20 that $145·5m will be spent to ...
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Keeping it quiet
GETZNER Werkstoffe will be displaying its vibration isolation and noise reduction products and expertise. Sylomer polyurethane components protect against structure-borne noise, and the firm's easy-to-handle ballast mats and sleeper pads can improve track stability. Getzner also offers embedded rails which can be used to achieve a desired track stiffness.
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North-south joint venture
PLANS to build a north-south rail link along the Caspian Sea coast moved ahead in July, when a trilateral working group met in Tehran to discuss the project.Experts from the Russian, Azerbaijan and Iranian railways agreed during talks on July 24-27 to set up a joint stock company as a ...
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Wireless investment
BROADREACH Networks has launched Broadreach Train Services Ltd, a subsidiary specialising in on-train internet access. Further investment has been obtained from existing shareholders, and Virgin, operator of two UK rail franchises, has increased its stake in the business.BTSL is expected to form a significant part of Broadreach’s future development, and ...
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Grooved rail
CORUS is supplying its recently-launched 41GPU section grooved rail for the 9·4 km light rail network now under construction in Valenciennes. The rail is designed to be laid vertically or inclined at 1:40 or 1:20. Corus is supplying a total of 2300 tonnes of standard grade 41GPU rail, and 300 ...
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Going private
WITH NO sign of the capacity crunch easing on Chinese Railways (RG 7.04 p396), the government is looking urgently at measures to accelerate investment as a means of raising capacity.One option being explored is to sanction the use of private capital for railway construction as part of a sweeping reform ...
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Giving warning
SCHWEIZER Electronic AG will be exhibiting examples of its relocatable worksite warning equipment, designed to alert track maintenance gangs to the presence of approaching trains.The firm’s Minimel95-HSF radios can be used to operate warning horns on double track lines. The Minimel95-AW126 offers three different sound levels, meaning that warnings can ...
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Praha remodelling gets going
AUGUST 1 saw the formal start of work on a major remodelling of the main line tracks through the centre of Praha. Due to be completed by December 15 2010, the Nové Spojení (New Connection) project will completely remodel the connections between Praha's major stations at Hlavní, Masarykovo, Liben, ...
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Trains to measure geometry
IMAGEMAP is supplying Network Rail with 15 optical track geometry measurement systems to be mounted on the bogies of trains running in commercial service. The order follows a successful pilot scheme using a system fitted to a Chiltern Railways diesel multiple-unit. This has been measuring the track geometry between London ...
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Slovaks plan freight sale
PLANS to privatise rail freight operations in Slovakia were announced last month by the Minister of Transport, Post & Telecommunications Pavol Prokopovic. As a first stage, the national rail operator ZSSK is to be restructured later this year into two separate companies, a joint stock freight company Zeleznicn
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Russian leasing fleet
BRUNSWICK Rail Leasing has announced plans to establish a Russian leasing fleet of around 10000 wagons valued at US$500m by 2008.The first 250 mineral wagons of a batch of 500 being built at Stakhanovsky Wagon Plant have been handed over to Voskresensk-based fertiliser firm FoaAgro, which has signed a five-year ...
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Expanding Goats
RAILPOWER Technologies announced on August 4 the signing of a memorandum of understanding with United Goninan Ltd to market Green Goat diesel-battery hybrid shunting locomotives across Australia and southeast Asia. 'We feel confident to move ahead with this technology. We believe it has considerable potential in Australia and southeast Asia ...
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Warszawa EMU unveiled
THIS MONTH, the Warszawa Suburban Railway (WKD) expects to put a PESA Bydgoszcz electric multiple-unit into revenue service on its line linking Warszawa with Grodzisk Mazowiecki. Delivered to the capital in June, the Class EN95 was custom-designed for the 35 km route, which is electrified at 600V DC. ...