Rail grapple launched 09 Dec 2018 TOOL: Rototilt has launched a 5 000 kg capacity grapple designed for heavier tasks such as working with rails and sleepers. ‘With the demand we’ve seen for a more powerful grapple module optimised for railway work, it feels good to be able to present the new grapple to our…
Posts published in December 2018
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 12/7/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation BUILD grants on way for rail work in five states A bridge on the Coos Bay Line. Photo – Oregon International Port of Coos Bay Politicians, government agencies and organizations made dozens of announcements yesterday about 2018 Better Utilizing Investments to…
Roof antenna offers train connectivity 08 Dec 2018 ANTENNA: Huber+Suhner has launched the Sencity Rail MIMO 5 Port roof-top antenna designed to support onboard passenger connectivity and allow operators to boost their data transmission while using fewer antennas. Designed for 2G/3G/4G cellular applications, the antenna meets the EN 50155 railway standards, is fire retardant and…
Road-rail vehicle equipped with illuminated exclusion zone SAFETY: Contractor Keltbray is equipping 14 Colmar road-rail vehicles with high-intensity blue directional lights from Road Rail Plant Ltd which clearly illuminate a 10 m exclusion zone when the machinery is operating. In May 2017 the company installed LED lights which provide spot markers, but the new system provides…
Van carriers boost wagon flexibility 04 Dec 2018 EUROPE: Mercitalia’s international rail freight subsidiary TX Logistik is piloting the use of specialist load carriers to transport commercial vehicles on intermodal pocket wagons. Branded as ‘roadrailLink’, the load carrier has been developed by Salzburg-based Vega International Car-Transport & Logistic-Trading (Vegatrans), and manufactured by Kässbohrer Transport Technik.…
Rail communications platform migrated to Amazon cloud 02 Dec 2018 EUROPE: Rail industry data exchange technology company Hit Rail, which is owned by 12 European railways and used by 50 companies across 21 countries, has completed the migration of its HEROS Infrastructure as a Service communications platform to the Amazon AWS cloud. The migration was…