Archive for 'Rolling Stock' Category
Talgo II photo album on LIFE
Just by chance, I found this photo album poking around LIFE Google-based search engine for photos.
I suppose it refers to first Talgo II train set produced in the U.S. in 1949 by the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) under the direction of Spanish engineers.
Photos were taken by Al Fenn.
For those who like to have [...]
Crash science: train. Documentary in French
Hereafter a documentary (in French) about crash science applied on trains, especially high speed ones. Four more parts available on YouTube.
Necessities for future high speed rolling stock
Following a news published on Via Libre site, I found really interesting this document including a list of the high speed/very high speed trains running all over the world and a good basic research regarding future necessities of high speed rolling stock.
The report was pulished by UIC – International Union of Railways.
The railway sector is [...]
The story of the Advanced Passenger Train
YouTube is too full of resources, even for railway enthusiastic. I was pretty surprised to learn that the very basis of modern tilting trains was born in the UK. Moreover APT joined other innovations I’ll try to summarise maybe in another post.
From Five TV website: Peter Snow tracks down the unsung heroes behind the technology [...]
Are trolleybuses more sustainable than LRV?
Among the neverending list of blogs I follow, Low Tech Magazine is one of the most interesting and challenging, keeping in mind my predilection for railways.
Some of the theses exposed in its posts goes sometimes towards the necessity of shifting to railway and high speed in particular. Therefore I consider this blog as a second, [...]
Rail Crash Demo Previews New EU Legislation
Automotive best practices affect more and more rolling stock, especially considering the EN 15227 standard for crashworthiness used in Europe. Maybe in the next future crash homologation undertaken on full scale vehicles will be an everyday practice in railway industry. MIRA (Motor Industry Research Association) proposes itself as a leader on this field providing a [...]