International Railway Journal - August 2007 - (Page 43)

Rendezvous August 2007 13-14—Salisbury, NC, USA International Hydrail Conference Stan Thompson, Chairman, Hydrogen Economy Advancement Team (HEAT), Mooresville, NC, United States. Tel: +1 704 664 5486 hst2nd@aol.com www.hydrail.com 30-September 4—Buenos Aires, Argentina Pan American Railway Congress Asociación del Congreso Panamericano de Ferrocarriles, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel: +54 11 4315 3445 Fax: +54 11 4312 3834 acpf@acpf.com.ar www.acpf.com.ar/XXIcpf.htm International Union of Railways (UIC), Paris, France. Tel: + 33 1 4449 2062 Fax: +33 1 4449 2069 ertms2007@uic.asso.fr 18-21—Vrútky, Slovak Republic NEW: ZEL-RAIL Exhibition & Railinform Conferences ZEL-RAIL Ltd, 03601 Martin, Slovak Republic. Tel/Fax: +421 43 41 36539 info@zel-rail.sk www.zel-rail.sk 19-22—Moscow, Russia Expo 1520 Rolling Stock and Rail Technologies Exhibition Mrs Larissa Baziyan, 1520 Strategic Partnership, Moscow, Russia. Tel/Fax: +7 495 262 9815 lbaziyan@forum1520.com www.expo1520.com 21—Cannes Mandelieu, France Relaunching Railfreight International Union of Private Wagons Congress Ms Andrée-Francoise Dechaume, Association Française des Wagons de Particuliers, Paris, France. Tel: +33 1 4907 2520 Fax: +33 1 4907 2521 webmaster@afwp.asso.fr 23-27—Prague, Czech Republic International Wheelset Congress Mr Kamil Kostal, Chairman, IWC Organising Committee, Bonatrans as, Bohumin, Czech Republic. Tel: +420 597 083 272 Fax: +420 597 082 804 kkostal@bonatrans.cz www.bonatrans.cz 25-27—Salzburg, Austria International ÖVG Convention Austrian Society of Traffic & Transport Science (ÖVG), Vienna, Austria. Tel/Fax: +43 1 512 69 98 9-12—Beijing, China Modern Railways 2007 Exhibition & Conference Julius Zhu, Grand Exhibition & Convention Co, Beijing, China. Tel: +86 10 5862 2311 Fax: +86 10 5862 2755 julius@grandexh.com www.modernrailways.com.cn 11—London, Britain Rolling Stock: Implications for the Future Seminar The IET, Stevenage, Britain. Tel: +44 1438 765647 Fax: +44 1438 765659 eventsa3@theiet.org 16-18—New Delhi, India Exporail 2007 Exhibition Thomas Ho, Exhibition Director, Exporail India, Mack Brooks, St Albans, Britain. Fax: +44 1727 814401 tom.ho@mackbrooks.com www.exporailindia.com 22-23—Washington, DC, USA Railway Age Passenger Trains on Freight Railroads Conference Ms Jane Poterala, Railway Age, New York, United States. Tel: +1 212 620 7209 Fax: +1 212 633 1165 conferences@sbpub.com continued on page 45 October 2007 2-5—Barcelona, Spain BcnRail Railway Industry Show Fira de Barcelona, 08004 Barcelona, Spain. Tel: +34 902 233 200 Fax: +34 93 233 3435 bcnrail@firabcn.es www.bcnrail.com 9-11—Jönköping, Sweden Elmia Nordic Rail Exhibition & Conference Elmia AB, Jönköping, Sweden. Tel: +46 3615 2000 Fax: +46 3616 4692 nordicrail@elmia.se www.elmia.se/nordicrail September 2007 11-12—Shanghai, China City-Rail 2007 Conference Ms Grace Jiang, Marketing Manager, Global Leaders Institute, Shanghai, China. Tel: +86 21 5236 0030 Ext 805 Fax: +86 21 5236 0029 info@globaleaders.com www.city-rail.com 11-13—Berne, Switzerland UIC ERTMS World Conference Mrs Françoise El Alaoui, The Institution of Engineering and Technology presents The Railway Network Annual Lecture and Dinner 11th October 2007 | Savoy Place, London, UK To book your place visit www.theiet.org/railwaylecture IRJ August 2007 43 http://www.modernrailways.com.cn http://www.hydrail.com http://www.bonatrans.cz http://www.zel-rail.sk http://www.acpf.com.ar/XXIcpf.htm http://www.expo1520.com http://www.exporailindia.com http://www.bcnrail.com http://www.city-rail.com http://www.elmia.se/nordicrail http://www.theiet.org/railwaylecture http://www.theiet.org/railwaylecture

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Contents This month News Market News Transit News News Analysis Voith Goes For Maxima Impact First Gauge-Changeable Loco Under Test Power Surge China Feels the Need For Speed A Firm Foundation For Chinese High-Speed Testing Times on the Betuwe Route Tough Tests For Mass Transit Software A Measure of Success Rendezvous Full Contact List Advertisers Index The Last Word

International Railway Journal - August 2007

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