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Tracks in time: 200 years of locomotive technology
2015年5月19日 · 1804: Trevithick kicks off the age of steam power. Before his big rail breakthrough in 1804, British mining engineer, inventor and explorer Richard Trevithick had been working on high-pressure steam engines for several years with mixed results, from the successful demonstration of the ‘Puffing Devil’ steam-powered road locomotive in 1802 to disaster in Greenwich in 1803, when four men were ...
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Hitachi Rail acquires rail monitoring tech provider Omnicom. The acquisition allows Hitachi Rail to enhance asset management with real-time track anomaly detection using edge computing and ML.
Next stop, 2023: rail trends and predictions for the coming year
2023年1月17日 · “If hydrogen is to be the story of the 2020s then we should expect to see exciting developments during 2023. Hydrogen is increasingly seen as a key to decarbonisation – both as a replacement for diesel in the context of rail, supported by projects to produce hydrogen using renewable energy sources – an area where projects are starting to …
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UK’s Northern Trains plans fleet upgrade with 450 new trains. British train operating company Northern Trains has announced plans for a fleet upgrade, potentially introducing up to 450 new trains.…
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Granite wins contract for rail yard expansion at Fort Bliss in US. Infrastructure company Granite Construction has received a $71m contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to expand and upgrade the rail yard at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.…
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Trump’s trade, tech wars to hit ‘businesses in all sectors all over the world’ The trade and tech wars that Donald Trump is expected to unleash as central pillars of his second US presidency…
Bright spark: the future of rail electrification
2024年5月13日 · However, the benefits of electrification go far beyond a reduction in carbon emissions. Other advantages include improved train performance through higher capacity and lower journey times, better service reliability, and reduced whole-life vehicle and maintenance costs for both rolling stock and track infrastructure.
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