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SNOW & ICE IN “THE FLORIDA OF THE NORTH”

ARTICLE - ISSUE 25 - by EURAILmag

SNOW & ICE IN “THE FLORIDA Mother nature is notoriously unpredictable, and never more so than in wintertime. Snow, ice, wind and subzero temperatures make this season a top priority for GO Transit, the Toronto train and bus operator. Even during an unusually mild winter, like this one, preparedness is the name of the game.

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DRIVERS IN FOR SAFER RIDE WITH PROCAB
Trains are one of the safest means of transport in use today: in 2003 in Europe, there were only 0.035 fatalities…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 19 - by Amélie Faubert, PROCAB coordinator, Bombardier Transportation
DESIGNING BEYOND THE MATERIAL
Good interiors make for positive passenger experiences. Yet all too often the inside of a train – built for easy maintenance and maximum…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 24 - by EURAILmagMichael Cravatte, Poside Positive Design
BOARDING ASSISTANCE SYSTEMFOR UIC COACHES
In line with European Union (EU) regulations, today’s public transport systems must be accessible for all, without any restrictions. The relevant…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by Dr. B. Rüger & DI Peter Tauschitz, Vienna University of Technology Prof. G. Simic, University of Belgrade M. Wendelken, MBB-Palfinger
BUILDING LOCOMOTIVES THE RUSSIAN WAY
A big fish in a big pond, the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (NEVZ) is the largest producer of mainline electric freight, passenger…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 25 - by EURAILmag
SNCF PUTS B30 TO THE TEST
Between 2007 and 2010, the SNCF and its rolling stock engineering centre (CIM), based in Le Mans, carried out wide-scale trials…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 23 - by Thierry Cami, Philippe Perrier, SNCF Direction du Matériel
GAINING THE MAXIMUM FROM ADHESIVES & LIVERY
Without adhesives, locomotives and coaches would, quite literally, fall apart. Adhesive technology is employed extensively on the production line, and touches nearly…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 25 - by EURAILmag
MERCURY FLIES THE BRITISH FLAG
Currently working with Chinese constructor Sifang on high-speed trains, as well as in the Middle East and Australasia, transport design agency…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 24 - by EURAILmag
DRIVER DESKS CROSSING BORDERS WITH EUDDPLUS
Driver desks in Europe are moving closer to unification thanks to EUDDplus. At the end of 2009 the European driver’s desk…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 21 - by EURAILmag
WHEELSET MAINTENANCE OPTIMISATION
Train operators strive to maximise availability and minimise their fleet maintenance costs. Wheelset maintenance is one of the more capital-intensive parts…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 21 - by Daan Venekamp, consultant, Lloyd’s Register Rail Europe
WORKING TOWARDS A MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT RAILWAY SYSTEM – RAILENERGY AT A GLANCE
The Railenergy project, targeted to increase energy efficiency of integrated railway systems, is reaching the home stretch. Over four years the work…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 22 - by Judit Sándor, project coordinator & Enno Wiebe, dissemination leader, Railenergy
BOARDING FOR ALL
Regulations in the European Union (EU) require that Public Transport Systems be accessible for everyone, without any restrictions for people with reduced…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 23 - by Benjamin Petutschnig, Vienna University of Technology & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Goran Simic, University of Belgrade
ERA CREATES STEPPING STONE – INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD LOCKETT, HEAD OF CROSS ACCEPTANCE UNIT, EUROPEAN RAILWAY AGENCY
The Cross Acceptance Unit was set up in April 2008 to facilitate the transition between the past suite of 25, independent, national…

INTERVIEW - ISSUE 18 - by EURAILmag
HYBRID & HIGH SPEED – ALVIA S-730 ON TRACK
In September 2011, the Alvia S-730 pulled into the station at Ourense after departing from Santiago. This 50-minute journey between…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 25 - by EURAILmag
BIOFUEL – AN OPTION FOR REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS
Biofuel is emerging as one of the most recent solutions to greening the transport sector, by reducing the amount of CO2 produced…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 16 - by Henning Schwarz, UIC / Ian Papworth & Bryan Donnelly, ATOC
MATERIALS – INSIDE & OUT
Needs must. Over the years the rail industry has been adapting its activities to better meet the needs of the present without…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 27 - by EURAILmag
PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS
The profit engine of British Airways (BA) is its ‘Club World’ seating. The ‘fully flat’ bed offers Business Class passengers the chance…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by EURAILmag
RAILJET READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN 2008
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is preparing to take delivery of the first of 67, push-pull railjet trainsets capable of running at…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 17 - by Katja Blum, OBB & Christian Pettaue, railjet
‘TRAIN OF THE FUTURE’ SURFACES IN SWEDEN
The new Arlanda Express train is both forward-looking and resolutely modern. Baptised the ‘train of the future,’ its name says it…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 24 - by EURAILmag
LEO EXPRESS – ‘NEW GENERATION’ OPERATOR JOINS THE FOLD
Following in the Footsteps of Virgin in the U.K. and NTV in Italy*, another ‘new generation operator’ is preparing to enter the…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by EURAILmag
TRAIN CARE DEPOT NEARSCOMPLETION IN READING
Reading’s brand new train care depot, lying to the West of Reading station (south of england), is nearing completion. As well…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 27 - by EURAILmag
MODELLING NOISE – THE CRISFIS WAY
The aim of the three-year CRISFIS project – squealing and cracking of high power railway disc brakes – was to study all the…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 18 - by EURAILmag
EXPLORING INFLUENCES ON THE COATINGS INDUSTRY
When PRA first published their long-range IRFAB study Global Industrial Coatings Market Report 2006-2020*, the economic situation was not at all…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by PRA’s Irfab team
REDUCING INTERIOR NOISE – METHODS, MATERIALS & ACOUSTIC SPECIFICATIONS
Interior noise has many sources, either from outside the vehicle or from inside the passenger compartment. Following the interior design process and…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 18 - by Markus Hecht & Christian Czolbe, Berlin Technical University
ARTBATTLES AT PARIS GARE DU NORD
Inspired by hip-hop’s freestyle rap ‘battles,’ in which MC’s match wits while improvising lyrics, ArtBattles* made its French debut…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 24 - by EURAILmag
OUTSIDE IN – FIGHTING GRAFFITI WITH ART
How do you change old metro trains so that people will again start to enjoy travelling in them? GVB in Amsterdam has…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 22 - by Peter Steeman