The Rail Engineer - Issue 108 - October 2013

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OCTOBER 2013 - issue 108

this issue q MORE POWER FOR LONGER TRAINS 28 q FORMULA FOR SUCCESS 32 q REMOVING LEAVES ON THE LINE 40 q TURNING BACK TIME 44

Reading’s new train care depot

Traversing Felixstowe Rail freight is on the up. 14

Establishing a trend

HS2 fights back The reason for building HS2. 22

Concern for EMC emissions. 16

FLEXX appeal Bombardier’s bogie family. 18 technology � design � M&E � S&T � stations � energy � DEPOTS � plant � track � rolling stock


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