MALAYSIA: Knox Kershaw has delivered a metre-gauge KNG 800 Ballast Regulator to Malaysia.
The US firm has previously built standard and broad gauge machines, but this is its first designed specifically for narrow gauge railways.
Available for 914, 1000, and 1067 mm gauges, the 18 tonne KNG 800 can be loaded into a container for easy transport between sites.
USA: Union Tank Car Co is to provide wagon cleaning and repair services at 225 Rail’s storage facility at Pasadena in Texas. The site has space to store 1 000 wagons. The repair facilities will be able to handle various wagon types, including tanks and hoppers. ...
While freight trains are now running over Uruguay’s renovated Ferrocarril Central main line, the rest of the network has almost no traffic, undermining promises of investment made in recent years. Marcelo Benoit reports.
EUROPE: The ‘landmark’ FP2-MORANE-2 research project has been launched to test Future Railway Mobile Communication System technology under real conditions in Europe. FRMCS is the emerging telecoms standard being coordinated by UIC and partners to enable railways to make better use of next-generation communications technology including ...
