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Crashworthiness standards may block locomotive approvals

By and Christoph Müller2008-03-11T06:45:00

Europe is due to adopt the EN 15227 crashworthiness standard this year, but studies suggest that without an exemption clause this could effectively prohibit the use of short centre-cab freight locomotives. Christoph Müller investigates

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