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Figure 1. Training course in progress at the ARTC located at the TTC. (TTC Operated by ENSCO)

Alternative Power, Specialized Response

TTC Operated by ENSCO, RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2023 ISSUE: Addressing the critical need for specialized hazmat training in lithium-ion battery and hydrogen railway vehicle emergencies.

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, enables faster delivery and reduced costs. Since 2016, Alstom’s 3D-printed parts offering has been growing, with now almost 40,000 parts printed per year. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of Alstom)
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Harnessing 3D Printing Tech to Deliver Fast, Sustainable Rail Parts

Chances are that if you’ve traveled on an Alstom train, that train has one or more of its parts created by 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing. In fact, we’ve just reached the milestone of having produced 150,000 3D-printed parts. Aurelien Fussel, Head of Additive Manufacturing Program, answers questions on Alstom’s exponential embrace of additive manufacturing solutions.

Eugene Shnayderman (left) and PATH Chief Maintenance Supervisor Charles Chipman standing guard. (PANY/NJ Photograph)
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To Fight Fare Evasion, PATH Turnstiles ‘Speak Up’

On their shared daily train ride to PATH headquarters in Jersey City, N.J., electronic technicians Rondell Benjamin and Eugene Shnayderman were often frustrated by the fare evasion they routinely witnessed during their commute. Shnayderman decided to do something about it.

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Kawasaki gets $1.4B MTA subway car order

New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority plans to spend more than $1.4 billion to purchase 535 new subway cars to replace the oldest cars operating on its lettered lines.

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Video Interview: 2018 Railroader of the Year, John C. “Jack” Hellmann

Our Railroader of The Year award is the most prestigious, most highly coveted award in the railway industry. The 55th annual recipient is Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Chairman, President and CEO John C. “Jack” Hellmann, leader of the world’s largest short line and regional railroad holding company, with 122 properties in five countries operating more than 15,000 miles of rail lines.
Video produced by Genesee & Wyoming and sponsored by Amsted Rail.
 

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Ratifications make rail strike unlikely

The probability of a national railroad strike has likely been reduced to single digits with ratification of a new national wage, benefits and work rules agreement by four rail unions comprising more than half of unionized rail workers.