Female-fit workwear range expanded 10 Jul 2018 CLOTHING: Ballyclare has ‘significantly’ expanded its range of protective and high visibility clothing designed for women, following consultation with users. ‘Our aim was to find out exactly what female wearers wanted from our workwear and expand the range we offer them accordingly’, said Sales & Marketing Director Roger…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 7/9/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Trump chooses former Metra Chair Oberman for open STB seat Martin Oberman Photo – Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning President Donald Trump has nominated former Metra Chairman Martin Oberman as a Surface Transportation Board (STB) member.If his nomination is approved by…
Wagon weighing system for rapid installation 09 Jul 2018 USA: Schenck Process has obtained US legal-for-trade status for its MultiTrain LegalWeight in-motion wagon weighing system. This uses instrumented concrete sleepers with high-precision load cells to measure the vertical force applied through the rail with an accuracy of 0·2%. It requires 50 m of straight and level…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 7/6/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation TSB's Fox: Five years after Lac-Megantic, safety steps still needed On July 6, 2013, an unattended runaway Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed in Lac-Megantic. The train exploded, causing a massive fire that killed 47 people.…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 7/5/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Canada issues funds for Thunder Bay port project Canadian Pacific and CN both serve the port. Photo – portofthunderbay.com The Canadian government has committed CA$7.5 million for an infrastructure project at the Port of Thunder Bay.The project involves adding tracks and…
Innovation Centre supports evolution from ‘find & fix’ to ‘predict & prevent’ 05 Jul 2018 UK: ‘It is about developing the means to operate a railway in a more effective and safer way’, said Mark Bullock, Balfour Beatty CEO for Rail & Utilities, when he welcomed guests from the rail industry and academia to the…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 7/3/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation UP diversion route completed near Cal Poly Pomona UP helped pay for the project's cost. Photo – up.com Federal government and California Polytechnic University Pomona officials will gather Thursday to mark the start of a new freight-rail diversion route that will…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 7/2/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation House Democrats warn FRA against PTC exemptions U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio Photo – https://defazio.house.gov House Democrats last week warned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) against issuing exemptions that allow railroads to avoid implementing positive train control (PTC).In a letter to FRA…
Bogie test rig in service 02 Jul 2018 CHILE: Swiss engineering group Nencki has put into operation its first bogie test rig for use in South America. The rig has been commissioned by Alstom Limache, which maintains the suburban EMUs used by Valparaiso operator Metro Merval. Installed with the support of local service partner Sim…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 6/28/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Safety board recommends Canada update rail employee training, regs The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has recommended that Transport Canada update railway employee qualification standards to address gaps in training and regulatory oversight for workers in critical safety positions.The TSB's…