Blockchain-based locomotive data analysis trial announced 05 Oct 2018 RUSSIA: Locomotive and rolling stock supplier Transmashholding has announced a partnership with blockchain developer Vostok to provide verified and distributed fleet data collection, analysis and storage. Vostok’s private blockchain platform is to be integrated with the SmartMaintenance diagnostics and forecasting system developed for TMH by…
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Depot safety system linked to signalling 30 Sep 2018 UK: The Zonegreen Depot Personnel Protection System at Chiltern Railways' Banbury depot has been linked to the facility's Fenix Tiefenbach signalling system, making it possible for trains to enter directly from the main line without needing a stop/start entrance and exit procedure. Installation was undertaken by…
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…
Ethernet switches for rail applications 25 Sep 2018 ETHERNET: TE Connectivity has announced a range of robust unmanaged industrial ethernet switches with M12 connectivity suitable for use on trains and other forms of public transport. ‘These switches conform to EN50155 and will help the digitalisation of railways’, said Egbert Stellinga, Industrial Product Manager at TE…
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…
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…
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…