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SSR Piloting ZTR KickStart Down Under SSR Piloting ZTR KickStart Down Under Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor Southern Shorthaul Railroad is testing KickStart, which ZTR says “uses supercapacitor technology to supplement the locomotive batteries during the engine start, reducing strain.” Southern Shorthaul Railroad (SSR) in Australia is testing ZTR’s KickStart to extend locomotive battery life and improve starting reliability. ...

EMD® SD70Ace/LW Engineering, procurement and construction contractor Bodi International has entered into an agreement with Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, to purchase 16 EMD® SD70Ace/LW locomotives for Mongolia’s Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait Railway project. Construction on the 155-mile Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait Railway, which will be operated by Mongolian-government-owned Tavan Tolgoi Railway Co., is expected to finish in 2022. The new locomotives are designed for the 1,520 mm (4 fe...

Caterpillar’s never-ending journey By Mike Brezonick22 February 2021 “Caterpillar facilities operate as essential businesses all around the world. If we can’t keep the lights on, if we don’t have fuel or engine parts for trucks to deliver medicines and groceries, if we don’t have machines to help provide clean water, the world has a big problem.” - Jim Umpleby, Caterpillar CEO An interview with Caterpillar CEO Jim Umpleby By Mike Osenga James (Jim) Umpleby III has been chairman of ...

Zero-Emission Locomotives on U.S. Railways? Written by Alex Luvishis, Ph.D WaBTEC’S FLXdrive, designated as a BEL44C4D, is currently being tested as the middle unit in a three-unit consist, placed in between two Wabtec Tier 4 diesel-electrics. Based on emerging technologies in batteries, hydrogen fuel cells and renewable natural gas, zero-emission motive power is a possibility. In 2025, the U.S. EPA Tier 5 standard and the European Euro7 standa...

– Detailed overview of the Rail Components Market – Changes in industry market dynamics – Detailed market segmentation by type, application, etc. – Historical, current and projected market size in terms of quantity and value – Recent industry trends and developments – Competition situation of Rail Components Market – Key companies and product strategies – Potential niche segment/region showing promising growth. The research includes historic data from 2016 to 2021 and forecasts ...

Alstom Coradia iLint HFC (hydrogen fuel cell) multiple-unit RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE: First steam. Then Electric. Then diesel. Then batteries. Next: Hydrogen fuel cells? Canada’s railroads were  the last to dieselize in 1960 when CN retired its white-trimmed, coal-burning Northerns and Canadian Pacific its grey-and-maroon, oil-burning Selkirks. Redemptively, Canada will be first in the decarbonization of today’s fleet of heavy-haul road locomotives.  In a grand, clean energy stra...

Although not the first Tasmanian 12CSVT to be set aside for preservation - that honour goes to 2144 (ex ZC19 ex 1318) - the most significant of the extant Tasmanian 12CSVTs, 2118 (ex ZA6), has been delivered, by road, to it new home - the Tasmanian Transport Museum in Glenorchy. Coverage of its transport from Tasrails East Tamar Jctn Workshops to the TTM at Glenorchy has been covered in detail, with photos, on the Facebook pages of the Tas. Transport Museum and Tasmanian Railway Group. Tasrail ...

Progress Rail TALOS test train at TTCI. William C. Vantuono photo Requirements for safety-relevant Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) for train operators are becoming more common around the world. The evolution toward safety-relevant HMIs for train control is already well under way in Europe and Asia, most notably as part of the widespread adoption of the European Train Control System (ETCS), with more than 50,000 miles of the worldwide rail network equipped or contracted to be equipped with ETCS...