International Railway Journal - May 2008 - (Page 1)

May 2008 volume XLVIII number 5 Contents Railway research 35 Korea develops high-speed ambitions A lengthy development programme is about to bear fruit with Korea’s first indigenous high-speed train News 2 4 14 This month News Transit news 18 18 20 Market news Technology news News analysis 39 Setting new stands for new rolling stock The Modtrain project seeks to harmonise components in all aspects of European trains 42A India solves traction motor conundrum Indian Railways explains how it solved a problem with locomotive traction motor failures Italy 23 28 Italian Railways on the road to recovery Italy’s railways are reviving after years of decline High-speed: on the home straight Italy’s high-speed network nears completion Measuring & testing 43 Weathering the storm with climatic testing Rail Tec Arsenal’s high-tech wind tunnel is helping improve train reliability 54 55 55 56 Rendezvous Full contact list Advertisers index The last word IRJ International Railway Journal May 2008 Volume 48, Issue 5 www.railjournal.com Front cover An ETR-500 train leaves Milan Central on its way to Naples Photo: Keith Barrow Back from the brink Italy’s remarkable rail revival continues 47 Technology drives US train inspections How automation is changing US wagon monitoring Contact us Editorial Offices Post 46 Killigrew Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3PP, UK Tel +44 1326 313945 Fax +44 1326 211576 Web www.railjournal.com Editor-in-Chief David Briginshaw Contributing Editor Andrew Roden News Editor Keith Barrow Senior Designer Fiona Browning Production Manager Jennifer Hearle db@railjournal.co.uk ar@railjournal.co.uk kb@railjournal.co.uk fb@railjournal.co.uk jh@railjournal.co.uk Advertising Sales Offices Post Hillreed House, 54 Queen Street, Horsham, West Sussex RH13 5AD, UK Tel +44 1403 260644 Fax +44 1403 260633 Advertisement Manager Leo Kembery Tel +44 1403 260644 lk@railjournal.co.uk Deputy Advertisement Manager Donna Edwards BA Tel +44 1403 260616 de@railjournal.co.uk Advertisement & Recruitment Sales Susan Pulman Tel +44 1403 260110 sp@railjournal.co.uk COPYRIGHT © Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation 2008. All rights reserved. Contents may not be reproduced without permission. IRJ INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY JOURNAL (ISSN 0744-5326) is printed monthly at Headley Brothers Ltd, Invicta Press, Queens Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 8HH, UK, by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. Periodical class postage paid at New York, NY 10014 and at additional mailing offices. Send all subscriptions, changes of address and correspondence concerning them to: Subscriptions Department, IRJ International Railway Journal, PO Box 10, Omaha, NE 68101-0010, USA. POSTMASTER: Send returns to IRJ International Railway Journal, PO Box 10, Omaha, NE 68101-0010. Printed in the UK. IRJ May 2008 1 http://www.railjournal.com http://www.railjournal.com

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International Railway Journal - May 2008 Contents This Month News Transit News Market News Technology News News Analysis Italian Railways on the Road to Recovery High-Speed: On the Home Straight Korea Develops High-Speed Ambitions Setting New Standards for New Rolling Stock India Solves Traction Motor Conundrum Weathering the Storm with Climatic Testing Technology Drives US Train Inspections Rendezvous Full Contact List Advertisers Index The Last Word

International Railway Journal - May 2008

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