DB Cargo awards telematics contract 25 Sep 2018 GERMANY: DB Cargo has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to equip 30 000 wagons with CTmobile sensors which can continuously determine the vehicle location and provide information about load conditions including temperature and humidity. Roll-out will take three years, and Siemens Mobility will operate the system for…
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GE to develop additive manufacturing of locomotive components 24 Sep 2018 INNOTRANS: Additive manufacturing could be used in the production of up to 250 locomotive components by 2025 if GE Transportation’s early trials of the technique prove successful.The company is looking to build on the experience of GE’s aviation business over the past six years…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 9/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation STB wants regular updates from UP as it phases in scheduled railroading UP Chairman, President and CEO Lance Fritz Photo – up.com The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has asked Union Pacific Railroad senior management to hold weekly phone calls with the…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 9/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Denver's RTD sued by commuter-rail developer RTD's University of Colorado A Line operates between Denver Union Station and Denver International Airport. Photo – Shutterstock The Regional Transportation District of Denver (RTD) has been sued by Denver Transit Partners (DTP), the consortium…
Ideenzug moves from concept to reality 20 Sep 2018 GERMANY: Some of the concepts being developed under the Ideenzug (Ideas Train) project will be implemented on a train running in commercial service by 2020. DB Regio has chosen the Muehlendorf – Muenchen route in Bayern for its pilot scheme under which two or three modules…
Augmented reality could help address changing employment pattern 19 Sep 2018 INNOTRANS: Cideon Engineering is developing augmented reality technology which could be used to assist staff such as train crew with identifying train faults. Someone faced with a technical problem on a train while away from the depot could use a consumer-grade headset to obtain…
Hybrid DMU projects announced 19 Sep 2018 EUROPE: At InnoTrans 2018, Rolls-Royce's MTU business and leasing company Porterbook signed a letter of intent for the pre-series installation of a hybrid PowerPack on a Bombardier Transportation Turbostar DMU. The PowerPack will incorporate an EU Stage V compliant diesel engine and an electrical unit which will add…
UK hydrogen train demonstrator to be tested in 2019 19 Sep 2018 UK: A memorandum of understanding for the development of a hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator train was signed by leasing company Porterbrook and the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Railway Research & Education at InnoTrans on September 19. Porterbrook is to provide an ex-Thameslink…
Chinese-state owned rail-car maker CRRC is building Red and Orange line vehicles for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Photo – MBTA Mayor Domenic Sarno of Springfield, Massachusetts, has asked the Trump administration to end tariffs on Chinese-built rail cars.In a letter obtained by New England Public Radio, Sarno told U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that…
Battery powered mobile train washer launched 18 Sep 2018 INNOTRANS: Italian company Bitimec has launched a battery-powered version of its SEP1000 train washing machine. The use of a 200 Ah lithium battery rather than a diesel engine makes the machine cleaner and quieter, and the absence of exhaust emissions means the SEP1000LH can be used inside…