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Voith’s e-coupler selected as the basis for Digital Automatic Couplers

Marco Raimondi
July 19, 2024
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The FP5-TRANS4M-R steering committee, part of the European DAC Delivery Programme, selected the e-coupler developed by German company Voith to be “the basis for interface…

eFTI full-scale international pilots to start in 2025

Marco Raimondi
July 18, 2024
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The project to deploy electronic freight transport information (eFTI) is now entering the piloting stage for national eFTI deployments. Full-scale pilot operations “with the aim…

‘A Cost-Benefit Analysis for locomotive DAC implementation is vital’

Marco Raimondi
July 18, 2024
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The implementation of the Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) continues to be one of the spotlight for the European rail freight industry. The Association of European…

DAC implementation might cost 9 times more than expected

Marco Raimondi
July 9, 2024
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Current quotations for the costs of implementing a Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) do not take into account many factors that might lead to costs to…

Rail associations in Central and Eastern Europe sound the alarm for DAC

Marco Raimondi
July 5, 2024
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Seven rail associations from Central and Eastern Europe presented their doubts about the deployment plan for the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) to the EU’s Directorate-General…

Nexrail unveils Europe’s first hybrid shunting locomotive

Marco Raimondi
June 28, 2024
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Nexrail, a European locomotive leasing company, presented a new hybrid locomotive for shunting running on battery and diesel power. This is the first of its…

Nexrail unveils Europe’s first hybrid shunting locomotive

Marco Raimondi
June 28, 2024
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Nexrail, a European locomotive leasing company, presented a new hybrid locomotive for shunting running on battery and diesel power. This is the first of its…

Freightliner goes in-house with onboard digital signalling

Simon Walton
June 25, 2024
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Freightliner in the UK has launched a partnership with Siemens Mobility to retrofit one of its Class 66 diesel locomotives with state-of-the-art European Train Control…

Europorte and Kerlink’s monitoring solution to ‘revolutionise’ freight

Guest authors
June 18, 2024
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Europorte, France’s leading privately-owned rail freight operator and Kerlink, a global provider of solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), have announced the development of Track Value, “a revolutionary traceability and monitoring solution for all freight activities (road, rail, air and sea).” It is marketed as the first industrial application dedicated to the freight…

“New Dawn” steam to power British freight

Simon Walton
June 18, 2024
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Steamology, a green technology start-up company in the South of England, is rolling back the wheels of time. The company is on the verge of making history by turning to the historic power source of steam. However, in an entirely futuristic way, it’s steam, Britain, but not as we know it. We always thought that…