Guy Talbourdet, CEO of the Delachaux Group, talks to David Briginshaw.
THE Delachaux Group announced on November 17 that it has united its seven rail businesses under the Pandrol brand.
Allen Goff, vice-president, freight sales, with Pandrol USA, looks at the challenges facing heavy-haul railways and why it is important to get the rail fastening specification right from the outset.
SWEDEN’s infrastructure manager Trafikverket has awarded a 20-year framework contract for concrete sleepers, fastenings and sleeper pads to Strangbetong Rail, Abetong, and Pandrol.
PRODUCTION of pre-stressed concrete sleepers has started at a new plant built in Bolivia by Bolivian Cement Company (Soboce) and equipped, set up and tested by Wegh Group, Italy.
A new ballastless track system developed by French engineers is designed to reduce the initial capital required for slab track and deliver better life-cycle costs than ballasted track. As Keith Barrow reports, NBT is now on test in Russia, where it will be subjected to high axleloads and extreme temperatures.
PANDROL announced on January 17 that it has acquired the CDM Track business unit of Belgian noise and vibration damping specialist CDM, including its French resin bonded rubber manufacturing unit RBSI.
With heavy-haul operations placing significantly more stress on track structures and components, railways should consider customised maintenance schedules and practices, as Dr David Rhodes, Pandrol's technical director, explains.