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…
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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…
(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) * Chartbook: http://tmsnrt.rs/2DB9aLY LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Freight movements in the United States and around the rest of the world are growing at some of the fastest rates this decade, which should provide a big boost for diesel consumption in 2018.…
The class was the largest to graduate in the commuter-rail system's history, according to Keolis. Photo – Keolis Commuter Services Keolis Commuter Services earlier this week graduated 27 new assistant conductors for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) commuter-rail network.The group, which completed the training program in Somerville, Massachusetts, was the largest class to graduate…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific reported $6.1 billion jump in fourth-quarter profit thanks to a sweeping change in U.S. tax laws, but the profit growth was a more modest $60 million when that one-time benefit is stripped away. The Omaha, Nebraska, railroad on Thursday reported a profit of $7.28 billion, or $9.25 per share.…
In December 2017, New York City Transit presented prototypes of the new cars. Photo – Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin [Editor's note: This story was updated at 1:10 p.m. CST.]The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) board yesterday approved a $1.4 billion contract with Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. for 535 next-generation subway cars.Known as R211 units,…
Rail-car orders in fourth-quarter 2017 totaled 8,501 units compared with 8,671 units in the third quarter and 4,866 units in fourth-quarter 2016, according to quarterly statistics released this week by the Railway Supply Institute's American Railway Car Institute Committee (ARCI).Car deliveries in Q4 2017 rose to 13,404 units from 11,015 units in Q3. Deliveries for…
Vibration analysis aims to reduce train door failures 24 Jan 2018 EUROPE: A Vibration Analysis for Remote Condition Monitoring project funded from the EU’s H2020 Fast Track to Innovation programme aims to use remote monitoring to detect potential failures of train doors and predict their remaining lifetime. The vibration analysis algorithms will be combined with…