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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Covestro and EconCore Join Forces in Composites Development
EconCore N.V. and Covestro are combining their technologies in order to produce strong and lightweight honeycomb panels with outstanding per…
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nVent SCHROFF Space-saving Cabinets Create More Room Onboard Multi-unit Trains
The nVent SCHROFF Varistar cabinet is the perfect space-saving solution for onboard electronics with its high mechanical stability and a mod…
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Efore Plc Completes Acquisition of Entire Share Capital of Powernet International Oy
Efore Plc has completed on 31 December 2018 the acquisition of the entire share capital of Powernet International Oy. Efore is an internatio…
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PowerRail Announces New Product Offering
PowerRail, Inc., an AAR M-1003 certified company, has announced that in a strategic partnership with German company, SORB, PowerRail will no…
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Ruggedized M12 Industrial Ethernet Switches for Rail Vehicles and Busses
Communication networks in rail vehicles and busses are increasingly being used for more and more services. This includes applications which …
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New Exhibitors to Make Debut at NEC for Railtex 2019
Railtex 2019, the 14th edition of the UK’s leading rail event, will welcome a host of new exhibitors for their show debut at Birmingham’s NE…
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3D Printed Parts Used on UK Passenger Trains
Angel Trains, ESG Rail and Stratasys Tackle Obsolescence in the Rail Industry with UK’s First 3D Printing Manufacturing Solution.
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Zonegreen Delivers Depot Safety in Doha
Staff working on Qatar’s state-of-the-art driverless metro in Doha will be among the safest in the world, thanks to innovative depot safety …
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Frauscher Presents Technology Insights in Taiwan
Tim Lin, Customer Service Engineer at Frauscher’s recently opened representative office in Taiwan, took this opportunity. He gave a presenta…
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Powernet Celebrates Launch of New Website
Powernet’s new website goes live as of today. The new website is visually attractive, easy to navigate and focused on the essential informat…
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Shareholders Agree to Sell Powernet International Oy to Efore Plc
Powernet shareholders and Efore Plc have signed an agreement on 21 November 2018 to sell and purchase the entire share capital of Powernet I…
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Position Sensing of Mechanical Components in Rail Increases Safety
Whether train driving is done manually or automatically, human being remains responsible for safety. Man is increasingly assisted by automat…
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Lantech Multifunction 6-in-1 Integrated Routers Deliver the Best Solution for Onboard / Trackside Applications
Lantech Communications Global Inc. is pleased to announce a series of multifunction 6-in-1 integrated routers as the key device of their tot…
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Lantech EN50155 Ethernet Switches Deliver Future Speed for Rolling Stock Applications
Lantech Communications Global Inc. is pleased to announce a series of EN50155 Ethernet switches as the key networking infrastructure device …
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ADLINK Announces Two New CompactPCI® 2.0 Processor Blades Powered by Latest Intel® Xeon®, Core™ and Atom® Processors
3U cPCI-3630 and 6U cPCI-6636 further enhance ADLINK’s extensive, rugged CompactPCI processor blades portfolio and provide technology upgrad…
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Bombardier Partners with Siemens to Supply New ICE 4 Trains to DB
On 28 September Railway-News reported that DB was investing an additional one billion euros into modernising its ICE 1 fleet and in purchasi…
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Astronics Test Systems to Provide Major Test Program for Transportation Industry
Astronics Test Systems entered into a formal letter of intent to provide a test system program for a customer in the transportation industry…
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SENSIT s.r.o. Presents Comprehensive Line of Interior Sensors for Railway Vehicles
With growing requirements on quality of interior air in the area of home-building, this trend is shifting to the means of transport, as well…
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SKF Launch New Cylindrical Roller Bearing Unit for Passenger Trains
SKF extends passenger train wheelset maintenance intervals with the launch of its new SKF Passenger bearing 1.7 Mkm Cylindrical Roller beari…
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SKF: Boosting Service Intervals for Traction Motors in the Rail Industry
The latest methods of bearing protection – including insulating coatings, hybrid bearings and sealed bearing units – help to extend maintena…
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CRSC Wanquan Adopts Artesyn ControlSafe™ Platform for CBI, TPC and ATP Rail Signaling and Train Control Applications
Computer-based interlocking, tram point controller and automatic train protection applications all built on SIL4 COTS ControlSafe Platform. …
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InnoTrans 2018 – The Biggest Rail Show in the World – Even Bigger!
It’s 2018 and it’s back! The world’s biggest trade fair for the railway sector will take place this month. Taking place every two years, 201…
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intreXis AG to Showcase Revolutionary DC-DC Converters at InnoTrans
From 18-21 September InnoTrans will take place in Berlin. Visit us in Hall 17 at Stand 114 and convince yourself of the revolutionary DC-DC …
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Capacitive Acceleration Sensors from ASC: Ensuring Safety and Comfort in Rail Transport
Alstom is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of rail vehicles. Among other things, the company test the running dynamics and bogie str…