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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CAF Selects the Masats Ramp for the Amsterdam Tram
The new Masats RF2 ramp will be installed on the new streetcars for the Amsterdam public transport company, GVB. CAF will manufacture the tr…
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Digital Automatic Coupling Project Enters Test Phase
The digital automatic coupling project under the consortium DAC4EU has entered the test phase after 4 different prototypes were installed.
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Strength Analysis of a Motor Bogie
eCon Engineering performed the strength analysis of a motor bogie and supported the design team with different simulation solutions.
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Ground-Breaking for Hydrogen Filling Station for Passenger Trains
The ground-breaking ceremony for Germany's second hydrogen refuelling station for passenger trains has taken place in Hesse.
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IGW Romania Loves Local
IGW Romania will be will be making the parts for gearboxes that will be used in trams in the city of Iasi.
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Webinar: nVent ERICO Railway Surge Protection Solutions
Discover how nVent ERICO brings together a range of railway surge protection solutions to ensure critical signaling equipment is protected.
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Unipart Rail Store Is Now Live!
Unipart Rail Store is a 24/7 E-Commerce website providing customers with a quick and easy way to order thousands of quality products online.
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HÜBNER to Equip Trams in Brussels, Warsaw, Dortmund and Dresden
HÜBNER will be equipping new trams in Brussels, Warsaw, Dortmund and Dresden with its innovative shock-absorbing system for tram front ends.
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Siemens Mobility Overhauls 500th Bogie at Its Lincoln Service Centre
Siemens Mobility has overhauled its 500th bogie at its Bogie Service Centre in Lincoln, which opened in November 2018.
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Start of the PALFINGER World Tour
This three-day event will see experts discuss challenges live and interactively at PALFINGER World and present current and future solutions.
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First MP14 Metro for Paris Line 14 Enters Commercial Service
The first MP14 metro train by manufacturer Alstom has entered passenger service on Line 14 in Paris between Olympiades and Saint-Lazare.
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Harnessing AI for Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance
PaxLife Innovations and DATAbility Team up to Develop AI-Based Applications for Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance.
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Cummins Engines: Powering Rolling Stock Around the World
Under the floor on Europe’s high-speed trains. On 20t grinders in the Far East. Cummins engines power rolling stock around the world.
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Grand Paris Express Metro Design Revealed
Île-de-France Mobilités, Société du Grand Paris and Alstom have revealed the design of the metro trains that will run on lines 15, 16 and 17…
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Fighting Coronavirus through HVAC Systems in Public Transport
To try to reduce the viral load in the air, many HVAC manufacturers are including an air-sanitizing system in their devices.
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Russia: UWC Delivers Flat Car Order to Arkhbum
UWC has delivered on a flat car order for the transportation of timber products. The customer was Arkhbum in Russia.
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Bombardier Delivers First FLEXITY Tram to Gothenburg
Bombardier has delivered the first of 40 M33 FLEXITY trams to Gothenburg, with all 40 due to be delivered by the end of 2022.
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Bostik Inaugurates a New Industrial Adhesives Plant in Japan
The new facility in Nara, Japan will enable Bostik to expand the manufacturing of industrial adhesives ranges in Asia.
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Custom Design & Reverse Engineering from the Bottom Up
Sound Damping Panels. Drown Out the Noise. Quiet Ride cleans up the look of cabin interiors and is custom-made to fit all locomotive models.
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Windshield Wiper Power Supply for Electric Window Wipers
This power supply is a locomotive windshield wiper power supply for use on electric window wipers and can run continuously with zero load.
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VTG and DB Cargo Present New m2 Freight Wagon
VTG and DB Cargo have presented their new m2 – modular and multi-functional – freight wagon, following several years of working together.
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No More Diesel Vehicles by 2050 Says DB
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is trialling different alternative fuels and traction systems in order to eliminate diesel fully from its vehicles by 205…
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Premium Power Supplies for Rail Applications
Premium has been designing and manufacturing an extensive range of power supplies for rail applications for over 39 years.
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BMT Drive Solutions: Driving up the Heat in China Plant
BMT Drive Solutions has introduced an in-house heat treatment installation to their VCST plant in Changzhou to treat large gears for rail ve…