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Infrarail 2008: Making light work of lifting
HARSCO Track Technologies will be presenting two of its latest products at Infrarail. The Permaquip Lightweight Ironman is designed to be used singly or in pairs for lifting and moving sections of rail or switch and crossing components. It can be used to access areas between the rails or to ...
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Infrarail 2008: Thermal imaging evolution
FLIR Systems has updated its range of thermal imaging cameras aimed at specialist users within the rail sector. Designed for a frequent user of infrared, the ThermaCAM T-Series has a number of features designed to accelerate the thermal imaging process. The T-Series integrates visual and thermal imaging and the design ...
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Infrarail 2008: Opening the right doors
SAFETY system specialist Hima-Sella is to reveal the next generation of its Tracklink product at Infrarail 2008. The Tracklink technology has been widely used to implement selective door opening. Network Rail signed a contract in January worth £130 000 to fit Tracklink II technology as part of the Thameslink upgrade ...
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Infrarail 2008: Coded signals
BOMBARDIER is to unveil its EBI Track 400 jointless coded track circuit at Infrarail 2008. The circuit, designed to meet the specific needs of the UK market, uses multi-bit coded telegrams to ensure immunity from traction interference. Bombardier has worked with satellite communication specialists to develop a coding and modulation ...
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ACTS restructures
INDEPENDENT freight operator ACTS Nederland was restructured on January 1 to create three separate business units, covering wagon leasing, maintenance and traction activities. RailMotion AG was established in Basel to take over the fleet of 309 wagons. The maintenance service unit is now The Rail Factory BV, and will undertake ...
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Loco roll-out
USA: Pennsylvania-based mining and industrial locomotive builder Brookville Equipment Corp has unveiled the first of 16 BL20GH diesels it is supplying for freight and commuter services in the New York area. Six are for Connecticut Department of Transportation, six for Metro North and four for use on Staten Island. The ...
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Rolling stock market
Angola: Through Rites India's Integral Coach Factory has supplied two 1 067 mm gauge six-car DMUs, and three self-propelled accident response vehicles. Australia: In January Fortescue Metals placed an order for a further 160 iron ore wagons with China South. 816 were supplied under a previous order. Austria: Wiener Lokalbahnen ...
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HighJet to compete with Czech Pendolinos
CZECH REPUBLIC: Student Agency has announced plans to launch a privately-operated Praha - Ostrava inter-city service by 2011. SA intends to purchase six electric trainsets from Siemens or Stadler for KC2bn, according to Chairman Radim Jancura. Branded HighJet, the yellow-liveried trains will run in direct competition with Czech Railways' flagship ...
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Union Pacific boosts spending
USA: Union Pacific announced on February 1 that its board had approved a capital investment budget of $3·1bn for 2008. Of this, no less than $1·6bn will go on maintenance and upgrading of infrastructure, plus a further $840m to increase network and terminal capacity. UP plans to invest $490m on ...
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Birmingham New Street station rebuild funded
UK: Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly announced on February 12 that the Birmingham Gateway project to reconstruct the city's New Street station had obtained the funding needed to proceed. Work is planned to start in 2009 for completion by 2014. The Department for Transport will contribute £288m; another £100m will come ...
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Indian Railways invests
INDIA: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh officiated at a ceremony in Jhabua on February 8 to lay the foundation stone for two new railways serving the western part of Madhya Pradesh. Joined by the state's Governor Balram Jakhar and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Prime Minister inaugurated work on ...
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NewsScotland: ‘We are more hands-on’
Devolution of power from the UK to the Scottish Government has enabled Scotland to formulate its own transport strategy. Andrew Grantham asked Chief Executive of Transport Scotland Malcolm Reed about the future direction of Scotland’s railways
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NewsHeavy haul developments
AUSTRALIA: Fortescue Metals subsidiary The Pilbara Infrastructure has lodged an application with Australia's National Competition Council seeking access to Rio Tinto's Robe River heavy haul line. TPI is seeking to operate trains over 210 km of track between Mesa J and Cape Lambert, with a view to enabling third parties ...
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Cork commuter reinstatement
IRELAND: Transport Minister Noel Dempsey officially launched works to reinstate the disued Glounthaune - Midleton line on February 14. A DMU service to Cork will be introduced in early 2009, running half-hourly in the peaks and hourly off-peak as part of a €130m investment in the city's commuter services under ...
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Cajon Pass: From double to triple-track
A massive capacity expansion project on BNSF’s busy Cajon Pass line is due to be completed by the end of this year. David Lustig reports from California
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Dulles deal halted
USA: Federal funding is unlikely to be forthcoming for the 18·7 km first stage of the Washington Metro extension towards Dulles International Airport. Federal Transit Administrator James Simpson insisted there are 'an extraordinarily large set of challenges' that would exclude the project from receiving $900m in federal grants. FTA had ...
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'Mixed train' approach can lift wagonload profitability
As Europe's traditional trainload traffic becomes less profitable, railways are keen to exploit ways of making wagonload operations more efficient. Combining wagonload and trainload traffic in 'mixed trains' can be an attractive option, as Sweden's Green Cargo has found