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October 15, 2020 | Podcasts

2020 Crosstie Market Report

RT&S Editor-in-Chief talks with new Railway Tie Association Executive Director, Ashley Goodin, about the current and future situation of the crosstie market.

September 26, 2020 | Technology

Prorail to test new anti-wheel-slip gel

DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail will test a new anti-wheel-slip gel which it hopes will also reduce wheel-rail contact noise.

September 23, 2020 | Podcasts

2020 RT&S Engineer of the Year, Ed Boyle

Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with RT&S 2020 Engineer of the Year, Ed Boyle, about his outstanding career, working with COVID and the challenges that lay ahead in the rail industry. Boyle is the vice president of engineering with Norfolk Southern.

September 15, 2020 | Track

Madrid Metro West and Alstom digitise light rail track inspection

SPANISH transport operator Madrid Metro West (MLO), in cooperation with Alstom, has carried out a project to digitise track inspections on the city’s Metro Ligero light rail network as part of a service agreement already in place between the two companies.

September 10, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Vossloh offers augmented reality rail testing with Soniq Rail Explorer

VOSSLOH’s Soniq Rail Explorer is a rail tester that offers high-performance inspection capabilities enhanced with augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

August 24, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Plasser and Theurer’s URM 700 accelerates ballast cleaning

The URM 700, developed by Plasser and Theurer, allows for continuous-action ballast cleaning in turnouts, with no need for long track closures.

August 19, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Robel enables cost-effective tamping

ROBEL, Germany, has produced the Romitamp 2.0, an innovative tamping machine.

August 12, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Voestalpine offers longer life rail steel

VOESTALPINE, Austria, has produced a new grade of rail steel designed to significantly reduce the frequency of head checks.

August 7, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: MHC60 improves material handling

LORAM has added the MHC60 material handling car to its line of ballast maintenance equipment. The MHC60 carries and offloads new ballast or excavated roadbed materials, such as ballast and spoils.

August 7, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: “Elmer” brings AI to crack detection

IN response to the rail industry’s push for new autonomous safety technologies, along with the move towards preventative rather than interval-based maintenance, Sperry has developed an artificial intelligence tool, Elmer.

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