Aluminum is already strongly associated with rail freight transportation rolling stock in many countries. Russia joined the trend a few years ago.
16 July 2022
Aluminum is already strongly associated with rail freight transportation rolling stock in many countries. Russia joined the trend a few years ago.
Russia: The issue is dedicated to the key for Transmashholding (TMH) event - the 20th anniversary of the company's foundation.
Finland: The locomotive equipped with a computer vision system was tested on a non-public track in the Voikkaa industrial area in Kouvola.
EU: A train with two selected coupling technologies from Dellner and Voith is now running in trial mode across Europe. It is planned to be shown at the InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin in September.
USA, Germany: Knorr-Bremse entered the transport telematics market, announcing the equipment of products with technical condition monitoring sensors. Wabtec and Trinity Rail continued to introduce new telematics platforms.
Russia: Against the background of the situation in Ukraine and sanctions, the company has begun the procedure for terminating its business in Russia. At the same time, Siemens doubts about leaving China in the case of similar events.
Evgeniy Semenov, Executive Director of the Russian Wagon Building Union (WBU), in an interview with ROLLINGSTOCK told about the situation with the supply of one of the key modern freight cars components.
EU: In 2021, the REUSE project by UIC to stimulate the railway equipment recycling was finalized. In turn, manufacturers are increasingly indicating the share of materials in the rolling stock that are recyclable.
Russia: TVZ's small series workshop plans to manufacture 59 carriages of various models in Torzhok in 2022. Also, the KSC’s blanking division is operating at the site of the former Torzhok Car-Building Plant.