All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 1344
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AlpTransit's first blast
A CEREMONY on February 4 marked the start of work on the 800m Sedrun access shaft for the Gotthard base tunnel. Railway Gazette International joined invited guests to witness chief engineer for the Sedrun tunnel section Jakob Blickenstorfer detonate the first explosive charges deep within a mountainside near Sedrun. A ...
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Renfe rolls out Arco and Alaris
FEBRUARY 16 saw Renfe introduce Alaris tilting trains on the Madrid - Valencia inter-city corridor. The 10 sets built by Alstom-Fiat are based on the Pendolino design, and were formerly known as IC 2000 (RG 10.98 p693). Six trains a day each way will run at up to 200 km/h, ...
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Alstom aims to help build a virtuous circle
INTRO: Eight acquisitions in two years have added more expertise to Alstom Transport’s armoury in the battle for domination of the world railway equipment market. Murray Hughes found that Alstom Transport President André Navarri’s philosophy was ’simply growing the business’BYLINE: André NavarriPresidentAlstom Transport PRESIDENT of Alstom Transport André Navarri was ...
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AC diesels head CPR investment drive
BYLINE: Rob RitchiePresidentCanadian Pacific RailwayCanadian Pacific Railway begins the last year of the 20th century with a substantially improved cost structure and profitability, a rejuvenated infrastructure, and a service level that is turning heads in the industry and winning business from our competitors. Our key operating measures - on-time performance, ...
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25 kV on moving bridges
WITH AMTRAK’s Northeast Corridor electrification between New Haven and Boston due to come into service later this year, teams from Balfour Beatty Construction Inc and its joint venture partner Mass Electric Construction Co are currently finishing the installation of the 25 kV catenary. They faced a major challenge in wiring ...
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June 1 is Day 1
ON JANUARY 20, Norfolk Southern and CSX announced that they had set June 1 as the target date to implement their $10bn takeover and breakup of Conrail. The so-called Day 1 had been anticipated last September, but when the two railways took control of Conrail on August 23 there were ...
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Sidetrack
Mouse about townTo celebrate the 70th birthday of ’the world’s most famous mouse’, German Railway has teamed up with model manufacturer Märklin AG to decorate one of its Class 120 electric locos with Mickey Mouse motifs. The ’art loco’ will display its commemorative livery on InterCity and InterRegio services throughout ...
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ScanWays trial
JANUARY 12 saw the departure from København of the first block train to use the Nordic Freight Freeways. Carrying traffic from exporters in Denmark, Norway and Sweden bound for Milano, the trial train was chartered by Aargau-based Hangartner AG, which provided the swap bodies. Traction and wagons were arranged by ...
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Publications
Railway Directory 1999& CD ROMAll maps in the 1999 edition of Railway Directory are in full colour, and this edition adds a new portfolio of city maps, showing all modes of rail-based transport. They include metro, light rail and tramway networks in 40 cities worldwide, large and small. Main line ...
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Trams to Portland
The city of Portland, Oregon, has ordered five narrow-bodied trams from Skoda Inekon for US$12m to operate its Central City Streetcar line. The L-shaped route will connect a large hospital complex northwest of the city with Portland State University to the southwest. The Streetcar is not part of the MAX ...
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PEOPLE
On December 21, Amtrak’s Board of Directors named George Warrington as President & Chief Executive Officer, a post he had held on an acting basis since December 1997. Mr Warrington graduated from Syracuse University in 1974 and received his Masters in Public Administration there in 1975. He joined New Jersey ...
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Product NEWS
Pandrol has developed a lifting collar to speed handling of concrete sleepers fitted with the Fastclip fastening system. Fitted on the shoulder without disturbing pre-fitted Fastclip pads or insulators, the welded steel collar self-locks as the sleeper is lifted.Pandrol UK LtdReader Enquiry Number 144
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Metros
Brazil: The Supervía consortium has begun operating Rio de Janeiro’s Flumitrens commuter network under a 25-year concession (RG 9.98 p567). Trains, stations, track and signalling will be upgraded over the next three years using a US$180m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.Canada: Bombardier has selected a site in Burnaby, British ...
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Market
Australia: CFCL Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co, has purchased 13 ex-Australian National 2240 kW EL class locos, which it plans to refurbish for long-term lease to a freight or passenger operator.Sinclair Knight Merz has acquired the Engineering Services Group from Victoria’s Public Transport Corp.Brazil: ...
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Uzbek investment starts
JAPANESE trading group Marubeni Corp has ordered 25 inter-city coaches from Bombardier’s DWA Ammendorf plant at a cost of DM40m. The order is the first step in a programme to renew the Uzbek Railways fleet, which includes over 500 vehicles supplied by DWA prior to the break-up of the Comecon ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: Switzerland’s Furka Oberalp Bahn inaugurated a 48000 m2 workshops, maintenance depot and rolling stock servicing complex at Glisergrund near Brig on December 11, replacing cramped facilities in the town centre at a cost of SFr70mCAPTION: Italian State Railways’ infrastructure unit ASA Rete has taken delivery of an ultrasonic test ...
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INTELLIGENCE
CAPTION: The last four of 48 Class 440 EMUs rebuilt by Renfe’s Valladolid workshops for CPTM in São Paulo were shipped from Vigo in December. The units have new cabs, three 2m wide doorways on each side, and the floor height now matches Brazilian platforms