DB Netz commissions first IP-based interlocking 09 Mar 2018 Photos: DB AG/Kai Michael Neuhold GERMANY: Infrastructure manager DB Netz AG has put into operation its first digital interlocking which uses an IP network architecture to connect with the field equipment. DB Netz has been using computer-based interlockings for many years, but the Siemens installation at…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/8/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation USDOT issues $46 million in TIGER grants for rail projects in Maryland, Indiana and New Mexico The USDOT expects to officially announce the complete list of the latest TIGER grant awards by week's end. Photo – Progressive Railroading file photo [Editor's…
Connectors for onboard data networks 07 Mar 2018 CONNECTORS: TE Connectivity has launched a range of M12 rail connectors offering data transmission rates of up to 10 Gb/sec, with full-metal shells shielding against electrical interference. Applications include data and sensor networks, train door control assemblies and HVAC systems. ‘Our compact new connectors can be assembled…
The agency may put the three-car trains into service as early as this spring. Photo – SFMTA's blog The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has begun testing three-car setups with its new Siemens-built light-rail units.The agency may put the three-car trains into service as early as this spring, SFMTA officials wrote in a blog."Most…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/5/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Trump nominates Fuchs, Schultz to serve on STB President Donald Trump last week nominated Patrick Fuchs and Michelle Schultz to serve five-year terms on the Surface Transportation Board (STB).Fuchs, of Wisconsin, is a senior professional staff member working on surface transportation…
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia (AP) — Yevgeny Solozhnin, a 61-year-old welder and Vladimir Putin supporter, is looking for a telephone number to call the Russian president and complain about the harsh wage cuts that halved his paycheck at the state tank and railroad car plant. Solozhnin doesn't blame Putin for this, he just wonders if Putin…
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia (AP) — Yevgeny Solozhnin, a 61-year-old welder and Vladimir Putin supporter, is looking for a telephone number to call the Russian president and complain about the harsh wage cuts that halved his paycheck at the state tank and railroad car plant. Solozhnin doesn't blame Putin for this, he just wonders if Putin…
Channel Tunnel interconnector installation train completed 04 Mar 2018 EUROPE: Clayton Equipment Ltd has designed, built and commissioned for Balfour Beatty a 500 m long construction train that will be used to install high-voltage cabling in the Channel Tunnel, under the ElecLink project to provide an electrical connector between the national grids of France and the…
Scotland@ * Red weather warnings in Scotland, Ireland and England * Worst weather in Britain since 1991 * Flights delayed, trains cancelled, roads blocked * Ireland braces for worst snow since 1982 * National grid say buying extra gas as demand soars (Updates with cancellations, closures, details from Europe) EDINBURGH/DUBLIN, March 1 (Reuters) - Snow…
(Recasts, adds details on CSX cuts to jobs, rolling stock, paragraphs 10-11) March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp said on Thursday at its first investor day since the death of former Chief Executive Hunter Harrison that more cuts to jobs, rail cars and locomotives were key to its three-year plan for boosting…