Software aims to improve KCS fleet utilisation 17 Feb 2018 USA: Kansas City Southern has awarded planning and scheduling tool specialist Biarri Rail a contract to supply its Boss MP Loco cloud-based software to improve locomotive utilisation. ‘We engaged Biarri Rail to perform a proof-of-concept using Boss MP Loco and this clearly demonstrated that we…
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Hybrid OLE maintenance machine completes endurance testing 13 Feb 2018 AUSTRIA: The HTW 100 E³ hybrid motor tower vehicle developed by Plasser & Theurer for overhead line inspection and maintenance has been successfully tested in the Climate Wind Chamber at Rail Tec Arsenal in Wien. Launched at the IAF track technology fair in Münster last…
'Tomorrow’s Trains Today' funding announced 12 Feb 2018 UK: The winners of £3·5m of government funding under the ‘First of a Kind: Demonstrating Tomorrow’s Trains Today’ innovation programme were announced by Transport Minister Jo Johnson on February 12. T The FOAK competition is part of the Department for Transport’s wider Accelerating Innovation in Rail scheme.…
Hydrogen train to be tested in the UK by 2020 12 Feb 2018 UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board is working with Alstom with the aim of piloting a hydrogen powered train in late 2019 or early 2020, RSSB Chief Executive Mark Phillips said on February 12. Philips was responding to a speech by…
Eva to offer 100%-connected high speed at low cost 06 Feb 2018 SPAIN: On February 6 Development Minister Íñigo de la Serna unveiled Eva, a smart train concept that national operator RENFE is due introduce in high speed service between Madrid and Barcelona in 2019.Having captured 65% of the combined rail and air market between…
Acid tank wagon offers 'radically improved performance' 02 Feb 2018 RUSSIA: United Wagon Co has delivered the first of 30 tank wagons of a new design developed to carry to carry highly corrosive concentrated nitric acid for fertiliser producer Uralchem. The Type 15-6901 wagons designed by UWC’s All-Union Research & Development Centre for Transportation Technology…
Low emission hand dryer designed for train toilets 02 Feb 2018 DRYER: A hand dryer which has been specifically designed for train toilets and meets the latest standards for electrical performance while reducing energy consumption has been developed by Sanitaryware Supplies Co’s bespoke design service, working with TBM Rail and Stream Hygiene. According to SSC…
Moving assembly line improves locomotive manufacturing efficiency 01 Feb 2018 BRAZIL: This month GE Transportation’s factory at Contagem expects to roll-out the first locomotive to completed using a newly-commissioned mixed-model moving assembly line. This is GE Transportation’s first moving production line, and insiders believe it may be one of the first in the locomotive sector.…
DB hosts ‘smart scrubber’ robot cleaning competition 30 Jan 2018 Ready for the off. Four automated cleaning robots prepare to compete at Berlin Hbf. (Photo: DB AG / Pablo Castagnola) GERMANY: In order to demonstrate the potential for the automation of routine station cleaning tasks, DB hosted a ‘smart scrubber’ event at Berlin Hbf on…
by Louie Torres | Jan. 18, 2018, 10:30pm CHICAGO — An estate representative is suing BNSF Railway Company for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent her relative’s lung…