FINLAND: Desec has supplied contractor VR Track with a Tracklayer TL70VR turnout laying machine. Designed to offer a higher performance than the three similar machines which Desec has supplied to VR Track since 1993, the radio-controlled machine can handle 36 m turnout panels weighing 36 tonnes.
It moves on four rubber covered crawler tracks, making it suitable for use with any gauge.
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 ...
