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3D laser mapping the French railways to improve safety

2015-01-22 01:00:00| Railway Technology

A 3D laser mapping system developed by FIT ESIC has been used to survey hundreds of kilometres of the French railway network on behalf of operator SNCF. Frances Marcellin finds out about the challenges of creating the map and the benefits it will bri

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Railways move forward on grain shipments

2015-01-17 11:47:41| Railroads - Topix.net

The amount of grain waiting to be shipped continues to decrease, but the amount of time some farmers and ranchers are waiting is not going down. During their latest shipment report to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway showed they continue to make headway in the late grain shipments.

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Farm groups upset with 'small' fines for railways

2015-01-13 17:25:19| Railroads - Topix.net

Farm groups are railing against the $150,000 in fines announced by the federal government last week against Canada's two major railways for failing to ship the minimum tonnage of grain per week as required under the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said Thursday that Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway were fined a combined total of $150,000 for alleged violations of the act last summer.

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Predictive flood modelling Cranfield Universitys solution to flooding on Britains railways

2015-01-07 01:00:00| Railway Technology

Train delays consistently rank high on the list of rail travellers main bugbears and, according to their own figures, in the UK some 60% of delays can be attributed to Network Rail. Contributing to this unhappy statistic are factors including infras

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Alignment Planning Software targets roads and railways.

2015-01-02 14:31:02| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Producing accurate geometric alignments that can be used in design and construction phases of project, Quantm® v8 offers road and rail designers seamless transition from planning to design. Data transfer between Quantm Alignment Planning System and Bentley's OpenRoads software extends design-to-construction workflow for alignments to include corridor planning in Quantm. Change management and tracking functionality preserve design intent, and accelerate project delivery.

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