POLAND: Rolling stock supplier Newag presented a PKP Intercity Type 134Ab couchette car modernised as a Type 134Ac at the Trako 2011 fair in Gdansk.
The car is the first to use Newag’s latest 70RSTb bogie which features air springs. This will enable its maximum operating speed to be increased from 160 km/h to 200 km/h.
UK: British Steel has opened a £10m rail stocking facility at its Scunthorpe steelworks where the vast majority of rail laid in the UK is made. This provides a central location where rails can be safely handled, stored and made available for loading. When fully stocked ...
UK: Rail Forum and the International Institute of Obsolescence Management have signed of a memorandum of understanding to bring experience from other sectors to rail. Rail Forum said the MoU signed at its Vehicle Maintenance event on November 14 would help its members’ efforts to mitigate ...
