Passenger and freight operators demand high reliability for their rolling stock, so keeping compressed air systems which power critical components free from contaminants is vital to avoid failures, explains Richard Moore, marketing services manager at Parker Domnick Hunter.
German Rail (DB) has agreed to relinquish its 49% stake in the Alstom Locomotive Service (ALS) joint venture to majority shareholder Alstom Germany.
IRISH Rail (IE) has selected the Ramsys asset management tool supplied by Mermec, Italy, to manage its track maintenance and renewal work schedule.
One of the main challenges of desert rail operations is maintaining functional track and ballast. Professor Hannes Gräbe of the Chair in Railway Engineering at the University of Pretoria explains how the Tubular Modular Track system developed in South Africa can offer significant advantages over conventional track in the harshest environments.
Controlling wheel-rail interaction and improving maintenance can prevent flange climb derailments improving the safety of urban transport systems, explain Huimin Wu, principal investigator and Nicholas Wilson, scientist at TTCI, United States.
