Train Components Categories
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On-Board Traction, Power & Safety Equipment
This section covers the systems that deliver traction, manage on-board power and ensure safety on rail vehicles. These include HVAC units, current collectors and pantographs, batteries, fire detection and suppression systems, and related equipment used across passenger and freight rolling stock.
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- Alternative Traction Technologies
- Auxiliary Power
- Diesel Engines, Alternators & Generators
- Electronic Train Components
- EMC Shielding
- Fire Detection · Suppression
- Fuel Cells & Components
- Fuel Handling · Lubricants
- Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC)
- Lighting · Safety Lighting
- On-Board Transformers, Inverters & Rectifiers
- Pantographs & Current Collectors
- Traction Cooling Equipment
- Traction Motors
- Train Batteries
- Train Converters
- Train Power Converters
- Train Speedometers · Safety
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Running Gear
Running gear includes all mechanical components that enable a train to run on the track, such as bogies, wheelsets, axles, bearings and suspension systems. These components support the vehicle’s weight, guide it safely along the rails and absorb forces during operation to ensure ride quality, stability and safety.
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Train Body Components
Train body components include structural elements such as doors, windows, panelling and roof sections, as well as smaller fittings and fixtures. This category also covers materials used in the construction and maintenance of train bodies, including adhesives, sealants, coatings and corrosion protection solutions.
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- Accessibility Equipment
- Buffers · Couplers · Drawgear
- Freight Train Loading · Discharge Components
- Freight Train Underframes
- Freight Wagon Bodies
- Gangways
- General Wagon Components
- Latching Systems · Handles · Hinges
- Minor Components
- Rolling Stock Materials
- Train Body Shells · Structural Parts
- Train Doors
- Train Part Forgings · Castings
- Train Windows
Train Components News
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Alstom Demonstrates Battery-Powered Multiple Unit Train in Saxony
Alstom has conducted a technical demonstration journey of its latest battery-powered train in Saxony, Germany.
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HÜBNER Launches the SensIQ Product Family for Door Sealing Systems
Together with its group company Gummi-Welz GmbH & Co. KG (GWU), HÜBNER has enhanced its product portfolio in the field of elastomer seals fo…
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Knorr-Bremse to Supply Brake Systems for Czech Rolling Stock Orders
Skoda Transportation has chosen Knorr-Bremse to supply brake systems and other equipment for rolling stock contracts in the Czech Republic.
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Three Decades of Precision
Some of the biggest names in the UK’s transport industry trust CoMech for their metrology solutions, including their accredited calibrations…
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Howdon Satellite Depot Case Study
The Howdon Depot needed to be running as an additional depot facility. Emeg were responsible for project's detailed design and installation.
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Artificial Intelligence Analysing Gearbox Testing Data
Wikov's new workplace for no-load series testing of rail vehicle gearboxes with AI is equipped with two mutually independent test beds.
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Alstom Coradia iLint Hydrogen Train Showcased in Sweden for First Time
Alstom has run its Coradia iLint hydrogen-powered regional passenger train in Sweden for the first time in Östersund.
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Alstom to Supply Bogies for Rail Vehicles that Will Run on Bangladesh's Padma Bridge
Alstom has won a contract with CRRC Tangshan to supply 200 MD523 broad-gauge bogies for rail operator Bangladesh Railway.
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PowerRail Acquires Maurey Instruments
PowerRail Electronics Technology, a division of PowerRail Inc., announces the acquisition of Maurey Instruments Corporation.
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New Modern Design of the PK Push Button Series
The PK push button series has been in reliable and proven use in buses and trains for decades: now with modern and optimized design.
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Tallysman® Introduces Embedded Full-Band GNSS Helical Antenna
Tallysman® Wireless Inc. announces the addition of its first full-band GNSS antenna to its industry-leading line of Helical antennas.
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Swiss News Broadcaster Accuses SBB Trains of Being 'Covid Catapults'
A Swiss news broadcaster has accused the FV-DOSTO trains operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) of being 'covid catapults'.
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Eliminate All Idling with the Banana (APU) and Orange (AC) Combo
Take advantage of INPS Group's Banana (Auxiliary Power Unit) & Orange (Air Conditioner) locomotive combination.
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Preparations Well Underway for Railtex/Infrarail
From 7 – 9 September 2021, Railtex/Infrarail will gather the whole railway industry together in Birmingham.
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UK First: Freight Locomotive to Be Fuelled by Used Vegetable Oil
Hybrid cars built in the Midlands will soon be carried to continental Europe via an eco-locomotive that runs on hydro-treated vegetable oil.
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Skeleton Technologies Wins SET4FUTURE Innovation Award 2021
Skeleton Technologies has been chosen as one of the three winners of the SET4FUTURE Innovation Awards 2021.
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Expanding Aluminium Honeycomb Core
Corex Honeycomb is the only UK manufacturer of aluminium honeycomb. The material is supplied in both expanded and unexpanded formats.
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Talgo and Repsol Collaborate on Renewable Hydrogen-Powered Train Project
Repsol and Talgo have signed an agreement to support the development of hydrogen-powered trains in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Bavaria and Siemens Mobility Partner on Hydrogen-Powered Train Trial
Siemens Mobility have signed an MoU with the State of Bavaria to begin testing its hydrogen-powered train from mid-2023.
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Over a Century of Tradition Represents Real Commitment
Gmeinder has 100 years of experience in the manufacture and servicing of gearboxes for special railway vehicles, DMUs and locomotives.
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What Does the UK Government's Decarbonising Transport Plan Say about Rail?
The UK government has published its Decarbonising Transport plan, in which it also lays out how it will decarbonise rail by 2050.
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Design Flexibility Improved – New intreXis Potential-Free DC-OK Signal
The new potential-free DC-OK signal improves design flexibility and increases the competitiveness of the successful intreXis converters.
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Skeleton’s Ultracapacitors Chosen by CAF Power and Automation
Skeleton Technologies have signed a contract with CAF Power & Automation, to supply ultracapacitors powered by CAF P&A’s OESS-s.
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Tallysman Introduces eXtended Filtering to Its Precision Antennas
Tallysman Wireless is excited to announce new eXtended Filtering (XF) features to the TW3900 series of Accuntena® precision antennas.